HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to pay $1.5 million over feds’ claim they paid women less – By Ethan Baron (Bay Area News Group) / Oct 26 2020
Companies say they don’t agree with government’s allegations
Bay Area technology giants HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise will together pay $1.45 million after the U.S. Department of Labor accused them of “systemic pay discrimination” affecting female employees.
The money will cover back pay for 391 women in California and three other states, plus interest, the Labor Department said Monday in a news release.
Under the settlement, the companies also agreed to analyze compensation and take steps to ensure their employment practices, including record-keeping and internal auditing, are legal, the department said, adding that the firms had cooperated.
HPE said it disagreed with the allegations “but have settled in the interest of putting this matter behind us.” The San Jose company said in an emailed statement that it is “committed to unconditional inclusion, including pay equity regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation.”
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