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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Google LLC
Current Parent Company: Alphabet Inc.
Penalty: $27,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: December 4, 2023
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: wage and hour violation
Violation Description: Google agreed to pay $27 million to settle litigation alleging that its confidentiality policies for employees violated California law by preventing them from reporting wrongdoing and discussing working conditions.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: San Francisco County (CA) Superior Court
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: CGC-16-556034
Case Name: John Doe et al. v. Google Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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