- Apple is being sued for allegedly paying female employees less than male employees.
- The lawsuit claims Apple’s pay practices result in lower starting salaries for women.
- Apple asserts it has ensured equal pay since 2017, but the lawsuit challenges this claim
Apple is facing a lawsuit in California over alleged gender pay discrepancies affecting over 12,000 female employees. The lawsuit, filed by two longtime female employees, claims that women in Apple’s engineering, marketing, and AppleCare departments are paid less than their male counterparts.
The lawsuit argues that Apple bases starting salaries on employees’ previous job pay or their pay expectations, which tends to result in lower starting salaries for women. Additionally, it claims that Apple’s performance evaluation and raise systems are unfair to women, leading to ongoing pay gaps.
Apple has responded by stating its commitment to fairness and equal pay, noting that it has ensured equal pay for men and women since 2017. However, the lawsuit contends that Apple’s current practices still result in significant pay gaps between male and female employees.
The women are represented by lawyers specializing in class action lawsuits, with Eve Cervantez, one of their lawyers, asserting that Apple’s practices exacerbate gender pay gaps. Since 2018, California law has prohibited employers from asking job applicants about their previous salaries to prevent such pay gaps based on gender and race.
