Uber $10M Pact for Bias With Software Engineers Gets Final Nod

Uber Technologies Inc.'s $10 million nationwide settlement with 400 or so female, Hispanic, black, Native American, Alaskan Native, and multiracial software engineers received final approval from a federal judge in San Francisco.

In addition to the money settlement, the pact requires the ride-hailing giant to continue monitoring its progress on diversity objectives, including those recommended by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. It also has to implement other changes to its business practices, such as requiring that every member of Uber’s executive leadership team meet semi-annually or more frequently with its CEO to review his or her efforts to further ...