Alphabet Inc’s Google settles hiring pay bias allegations with $3.8 million

In a statement, the U.S. Department of Labor said Alphabet Inc’s Google will spend $3.8 million, including $2.6 million in back pay, to settle allegations that it unfairly passed over women and Asians for job openings and underpaid women. The allegations stemmed from a routine compliance audit several years ago required by Google’s status as…

Requirements for technological skills are becoming a necessity across work levels and industry sectors in the U.S.

The report by Brookings Institution is an eye opener. Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, has conducted a study which concludes that digital tools are increasingly playing a pivotal role in transforming every workplace across industries in the U.S. According to the study, the usage of digital tools has increased dramatically in 517 of 545…