Bloomberg Law
March 28, 2017, 2:09 AM UTC

Google Fought the Labor Department, and Google Won

Chris Opfer

By Chris Opfer, Bloomberg BNA

Google Inc.'s preliminary victory in a Labor Department lawsuit already has some government contractors rethinking the way they respond to federal pay discrimination investigations.

A DOL administrative law judge ruled earlier this month that Google doesn’t for the time being have to give the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs pay information dating back to the company’s formation and the names and contact information for some 20,000 workers at its California headquarters requested as part of a random audit. While the OFCCP has broad power to seek information during compliance reviews, the decision draws something ...

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