Google settles age-discrimination case for $11 million

An agreement was reached on Friday in a case of age discrimination between Google and numerous job seekers, settling out of court for $11 million.

The suit was initially brought by a woman, Cheryl Fillekes, who is over 40 years old and who had been interviewed four times over seven years, and claimed that she had never been hired despite her qualifictions due to her age.

Two hundred and twenty-seven job candidates later joined her class-action suit.

Google denies having discriminated against these candidates, stating that their aptitude for the job was lacking, but is nonetheless settling out of court for what amounts to over $35 thousand per plaintiff.

The terms of the settlement also require Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to put in place anti-age-discrimination training for employees and managers.