Microsoft Agrees to Pay $14 Million to Settle Parental and Disability Leave Discrimination Claims

Published on July 4, 2024

Microsoft has agreed to pay $14.4 million to resolve allegations of retaliation and discrimination against workers who took protected leave, including due to pregnancy and disability, according to a California civil rights agency. The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) announced on July 3 that it had entered into a binding settlement with Microsoft on terms laid out in a proposed consent decree that resolves allegations that Microsoft retaliated and discriminated against workers based on their use of protected leave. Once a court approves the consent decree, the California agency will drop its long-running case against Microsoft, resolving a multi-year investigation into claims of the tech giant’s alleged retaliation and discrimination against staff who used protected leave, including parental, disability, pregnancy, and family care-taking leave....

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