LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> Superior Court <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judge</span></a> rejects <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cupertino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cupertino</span></a> based <a href="https://c.im/tags/AppleComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppleComputer</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> efforts to stifle female <a href="https://c.im/tags/employee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employee</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> over alleged illegal <a href="https://c.im/tags/SexDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexDiscrimination</span></a>. </p><p>A female employee discovered a male colleague’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/TaxReturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReturn</span></a> form that showed him making $10k more for performing the same job title, a violation of California's landmark <a href="https://c.im/tags/EqualPayAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EqualPayAct</span></a> . Another <a href="https://c.im/tags/litigant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigant</span></a> hired a third party firm to investigate her <a href="https://c.im/tags/WageClaims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WageClaims</span></a> and proved she was receiving less pay than male colleagues, and when Apple agreed to her raise, refused her any <a href="https://c.im/tags/BackPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackPay</span></a> for the years during which she was consistently paid less than men performing similar work.</p><p>The court found <a href="https://c.im/tags/Plaintiffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plaintiffs</span></a> had sufficiently alleged that Apple’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/salary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salary</span></a> decisions were made in a centralized location pursuant to a <a href="https://c.im/tags/chauvinistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chauvinistic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> compensation scheme that clearly perpetuates pay disparities due to <a href="https://c.im/tags/GenderBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderBias</span></a>.</p><p>The lawsuit could receive <a href="https://c.im/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> status as there are more than 12,000 female <a href="https://c.im/tags/APPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APPL</span></a> employees in <a href="https://c.im/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> potentially impacted by secret pact under ultimate leadership of <a href="https://c.im/tags/TimCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimCook</span></a> and cabal of other misogynistic policy enforcing execs. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Plaintiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plaintiff</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/legalteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalteam</span></a> include lawyers from three firms: Altshuler Berzon LLP, Cohen Milstein Sellers &amp; Toll PLLC, and Outten &amp; Golden LLP.</p><p><a href="https://www.law.com/therecorder/2025/01/22/california-court-denies-apples-motion-to-strike-allegations-in-gender-bias-class-action-/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">law.com/therecorder/2025/01/22</span><span class="invisible">/california-court-denies-apples-motion-to-strike-allegations-in-gender-bias-class-action-/</span></a></p>