US Authorities Launch Investigation into Pregnancy Discrimination Allegations Against Female Employees at Google

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] U.S. authorities have launched an investigation into claims by an internal employee that the global IT company Google made discriminatory remarks and took unfair actions against a pregnant female employee.

According to CNBC, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has begun investigating allegations that Google discriminated against a pregnant female employee. Chelsea Glason, who worked as a User Experience (UX) researcher at Google for five years, posted a message on the company’s internal bulletin board last summer titled "I will not return to Google after maternity leave. Here is why," which circulated widely online.

In her post, Glason claimed that her supervisor made discriminatory remarks about her pregnancy. She also stated that the company retaliated by giving her a low performance rating and unfairly denied her a managerial position. At the end of last year, she filed a formal complaint with the EEOC detailing her allegations. Google explained to the EEOC in January that it found no evidence of discrimination against the employee and that the failure to appoint her as a manager was due to staffing shortages.

The EEOC declined to comment on the investigation, citing federal law requiring confidentiality of filed complaints. Google neither confirmed nor denied the EEOC investigation but stated that it has improved its reporting system for inappropriate conduct.

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