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August
Esri Settles Pay Discrimination Lawsuit with the Department of Justice
Esri, a digital mapping and analytics company based in Redlines, California, agreed to pay $2.3 million settlement in a discrimination lawsuit. The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the tech company in 2017 following allegations that Esrii paid its female employees less than their male counterparts.
After a year-long investigation, the DOJ found that Esri systematically “discriminated against 143 female software development engineers and 33 female quality assurance engineers.” Esri responded to the DOJ’s pay discrimination allegations by accepting an Early Resolution