The workers accuse Apple of taking a discriminatory stance, and female employees at the company may have received lower salaries than men.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in state court in San Francisco, alleges that the tech giant's hiring practices and performance evaluation system result in women being paid less than men for the same work – He writes the independent. It is understood that 12,000 former and current Apple employees are behind this claim.
One plaintiff, Justina Jung, said she was asked to join the lawsuit when she learned that her co-worker was being paid significantly more than her for similar work. “I noticed that he was getting paid about $10,000 more than I was, even though we basically did the same job. The awareness was terribleThe former Apple employee said in a statement.
According to the accusations, discrimination begins with the hiring process, and it is known that before 2018, the company allegedly asked potential employees about their previous salaries, even though this was already prohibited by law. In addition, plaintiffs allege that the company's performance evaluation system is biased, giving men higher scores on subjective indicators such as teamwork and leadership.
Apple is not the first major tech company to face similar allegations. In 2022, Google was ordered to pay $118 million after female employees at the company filed a lawsuit against the company for receiving lower wages than men.
