OREANDA-NEWS LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million to employees of offices in San Francisco and Sunnyvale, who, according to the US Department of Labor, received a lower salary than their male colleagues in the period from 2015 to 2017. Representatives of the department reported this on the official website.

According to the Ministry of Labor, LinkedIn's management illegally subjected 686 women to «systematic gender-based wage discrimination». The difference between the salaries of female employees who worked in engineering, marketing and development and their male colleagues was discovered during a routine check. Women were paid «at a significantly lower rate», even taking into account «legitimate explanatory factors».

Under the terms of the settlement agreement between LinkedIn and the US Department of Labor, the company will pay $1.8 million in salary arrears and more than $50,000 in interest to employees. The management of the platform also agreed to send reports on changes in the remuneration policy over the next few years and to conduct a training program for employees on «combating discrimination».
«Our agreement ensures that LinkedIn better understands its obligations as a federal contractor», said Jane Suhr, regional director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

At the same time, in a statement published on May 2 on the official LinkedIn website, the Microsoft-owned company rejected accusations of employee discrimination. «Although we have agreed to settle this issue, we do not agree with the government's claim», the statement said.