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Leaving aside the merits of the underlying claim, the word "withheld" in the article's title seems a little misleading. I'd normally think of withholding wages
by perpetualpatzer 8y ago
Leaving aside the merits of the underlying claim, the word "withheld" in the article's title seems a little misleading. I'd normally think of withholding wages as refusing to hand out paychecks which had been agreed upon.
From the body of the article, the OFCCP seems rather to be claiming that there's a differential in salary between female/black/asian employees and white male employees and that foreign-born employees on student visas worked disproportionately in entry-level jobs, which are lower-paying.
- duxup 8y agoI felt the same way about the title. I went to read to see if they were actively holding back bonuses or something .... that isn't the case.
- larrik 8y agoI agree, "withheld" is a specific term with a specific meaning when it comes to employee payments. The headline does NOT match reality at all.
- sctb 8y agoOK, we've gone with “underpaid” as in, “Once employed, women, Blacks and Asians are systematically underpaid relative to their peers,” from the complaint.
- perpetualpatzer 8y agoOh, great. Out of fairness to OP, the "withheld" wording was used in the source article, but think this title is probably clearer.
- rafiki6 8y agoAgreed, sensationalist and inaccurate title. I find that when publications or blogs with massive readership do this, it reflects poorly on their potentially valid argument and editorship. A better title might be "Oracle purposely underpays minorities"