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The US Dept. of Labor is suing Google for not revealing compensation data [0]. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has suspicion on pay

The US Dept. of Labor is suing Google for not revealing compensation data [0]. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has suspicion on pay disparities and in order to investigate further sent a request to Google to access some records (Point 9) [1]. Google denied OFCCP access to these records. Now, DoL has taken Google to court to get access to the records they need to investigate further and complete their evaluation. I wonder why Google is being so evasive about it. [0] https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20170104 https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20170104 [1] https://www.dol.gov/sites/default/files/newsroom/newsreleases/OFCCP20162406_0.pdf https://www.dol.gov/sites/default/files/newsroom/newsrelease...

jimmywanger 10y ago
> I wonder why Google is being so evasive about it. The article says that Google thinks the DOL is going on a fishing expedition. They turned over records, but like most private companies, don't like turning over records for no reason, especially about highly confidential information such as compensation packages.
- denzil_correa 10y ago
  > The article says that Google thinks the DOL is going on a fishing expedition. That's because the system is designed in such a way. The DoL can't make a case without access to meaningful data. So, if the system is designed to make access difficult this is what we end up with. > They turned over records They did not turn over records - that's what the entire lawsuit is about as mentioned in the court documents.
  - matt_wulfeck 10y ago
    Clearly they've turned over at least some records before. They're making their case with 2015 data.
    - denzil_correa 10y ago
      I don't think so. The lawsuit clearly mentions that Google denied access to data. In fact, Google attorney is on record saying that we denied access too.
      - matt_wulfeck 10y ago
        Then what is the 2015 data mentioned in the article?

jimmywanger 10y ago

> I wonder why Google is being so evasive about it. The article says that Google thinks the DOL is going on a fishing expedition. They turned over records, but like most private companies, don't like turning over records for no reason, especially about highly confidential information such as compensation packages.

denzil_correa 10y ago
> The article says that Google thinks the DOL is going on a fishing expedition. That's because the system is designed in such a way. The DoL can't make a case without access to meaningful data. So, if the system is designed to make access difficult this is what we end up with. > They turned over records They did not turn over records - that's what the entire lawsuit is about as mentioned in the court documents.
- matt_wulfeck 10y ago
  Clearly they've turned over at least some records before. They're making their case with 2015 data.
  - denzil_correa 10y ago
    I don't think so. The lawsuit clearly mentions that Google denied access to data. In fact, Google attorney is on record saying that we denied access too.
    - matt_wulfeck 10y ago
      Then what is the 2015 data mentioned in the article?