TapTechNews, June 14th, it was reported that two female representatives filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple on behalf of 12,000 current and former female employees, accusing the company of deliberately suppressing their wages.
The class-action lawsuit alleges that over the past four years, the wages paid by Apple to them have been systematically lower than those of male employees.
The lawsuit claims that before the fall of 2017, Apple used the salary standards provided by job seekers in the past to determine their starting salaries, and then asked job seekers about their expected salaries again the next year. Both of these practices have led to a reduction in the salary level of working women.
The lawsuit cites certain studies, believing that people who are asked about their expected salary usually only provide a number slightly higher than the salary of their current or previous job, rather than the salary that matches the existing company's position, which is very unfriendly to working women.
TapTechNews quotes the lawsuit content that the salary policy for job seekers has created a pattern of lower salaries for female employees: Apple's policy or practice of collecting information about salary expectations and using this information to set starting salaries has caused the persistence of past salary differences and has made women's salaries lower than those of men doing basically similar work.
This lawsuit further points out that Apple often penalizes female employees because the rating category of work performance will affect bonuses and salary increases.
It is written in the complaint: Apple's performance evaluation system is biased against women because in rating categories such as teamwork and leadership, the same behavior will be rewarded for men, while women will be penalized.
This class-action lawsuit requires Apple to pay damages and declaratory relief, and requires Apple to refund the low income and welfare benefits caused by the alleged differences. The plaintiffs also request the court to hold a jury trial to hear their claims.