Technology,
Labor/Employment
Dec. 12, 2024
Google employee who put off having child, sues over maternity firing
The plaintiff was one of 12,000 employees Google laid off in 2023. Her complaint argues that she and several other women on maternity leave lost their jobs.
A former Google employee - one of 12,000 laid off last year - sued the tech company Wednesday in Santa Clara County, claiming she was fired for having a child despite waiting to start a family for 15 years in fear of losing her job.
The plaintiff, the former manager specializing in customer service training, claims that Google's "troubling trend" of discriminating against employees taking parental leave bore itself out in November 2023 when she and six other employe...
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