Microsoft faces 118 gender bias charges in 7 years
San Francisco: Women employees in technical roles filed 118 gender discrimination complaints with Microsoft between 2010 and 2016 but the tech giant concluded that just one of those complaints was "founded", media reported.
Citing court documents filed by plaintiffs in an ongoing suit against Microsoft, The Seattle Times reported late on Tuesday that female employees raised issues about the biased treatment to the Microsoft HR department a total of 238 times.
The lawsuit, filed in District Court in Seattle, seeks class-action status which could add more than 8,600 women to the case.
"Women in the class lost out on up to $238 million in pay and 500 promotions because of widespread discrimination, largely within the company's performance-review process that determines pay and promotions for employees," the report noted.
In 2017, Microsoft had a global workforce of more than 120,000 people and about 25.9 per cent was female. The technical employees were 19 per cent female.
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Mumbai Police receive bomb threat call; man detained
Mumbai (PTI): The Mumbai Police have received a call wherein a person claimed there would be bomb blasts in the city, officials said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Suraj Jadhav (37), who allegedly made the threat call under the influence of alcohol, has been detained, a senior police official said.
The city police's main control room received the call on Tuesday afternoon wherein the person claimed there will be bomb blasts in the metropolis, he said.
The police launched an investigation and traced the caller to Borivali area here.
Jadhav, resident of Borivali, made the threat call in an inebriated state, the official said.
It further came to light that Jadhav made similar fake calls in the past also and three cases were already registered against him at various police stations here (Borivali, Vakola and BKC) on charges of criminal intimidation involving severe threats, the official said.
After the latest threat call, the Azad Maidan police in south Mumbai on Tuesday lodged a case against him under relevant provisions, he said, adding further investigation was on.
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