According to the US Department of Labor, Google will pay almost $2.6 million to settle claims of "systemic compensation and hiring discrimination" at offices in California and Washington. The department said it found pay disparities that affected Google female engineering employees, as well as female and Asian job applicants. As part of the settlement, Google will provide $1.3 million in back pay and interest to almost 2,600 female engineers, and $1.2 million to almost 3,000 applicants who weren't hired. The settlement is critical as Google has faced a slew of labor issues in 2021 so far.
See "Google Settles with US labor Department Over Alleged Hiring and Pay Discrimination", Richard Nieva, CNet, February 1, 2021