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THE REAL WAGE GAP: Google Finds More Male Employees Underpaid Than Women When Performing Similar Tasks

Hank Berrien

In a finding sure to shock those who claim that women are systemically underpaid, Google discovered through an internal company study that among men and women performing similar tasks, more men than women were underpaid.

The New York Times reports that after Google discovered the disparity, the company paid out $9.7 million in additional compensation to 10,677 employees, with what the Times called a “disproportionately higher percentage of the money” going to men.

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