Apple is embroiled in a significant lawsuit alleging unequal pay practices after Justina Jong, a female employee, discovered a male colleague's tax form revealing a pay gap of nearly $10,000 for the same role. The lawsuit, initiated in June, aims to represent over 12,000 female employees, claiming Apple’s past policy of asking about salary history perpetuated existing wage disparities. A judge recently ruled against Apple’s efforts to dismiss the case or prevent class-action status, allowing the legal action to proceed. Apple's salary practices reportedly resulted in lower starting salaries for women.
A judge in San Francisco Superior Court last week torpedoed the company's attempt to prevent the lawsuit from receiving class-action status, and to throw it out.
The lawsuit claimed that until late 2017, Apple asked job applicants about their previous pay, leading the company to put women on lower starting salaries than men for the same work.
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