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2018 HPE California female employee compensation settlement. (Updated Sep 16, 2023)
Summary: HPE California gender pay gap lawsuit
settled. After four years of litigation, Hewlett Packard
Enterprise is paying $500 to $17,000 to 1,735 women who were
actively employed in California by HPE Make sure that the legal successor to every company you ever worked for has your current postal address. Even if not classified by the company as a "Retiree" or if long gone -- in case of pension plan changes, employment lawsuits, settlements, or other issues. (HP Inc. is the overall legal successor to companies acquired by Hewlett-Packard before the company was split into HP Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, including DEC, EDS, etc.) Update address at former company: https://www.hpalumni.org/contacts
Summary from Bloomberg News story: "Lawyers for the women described the settlement as 'excellent' and said it represented a recovery of 62% of the amount the women were underpaid. 'Further, this settlement sheds light on gender-based pay disparities, challenging tech companies to review their pay policies and implement pay equity protections...' "
--Sep 29, 2022
news article based on press release from plaintiffs'
lawyers: "HP Enterprise to pay $8.5 million to settle gender
pay gap suit."
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/29/hp-enterprise-to-pay-8-5-million-to-settle-gender-pay-gap-suit/
Details from the settlement notice:
"Women (as identified in Defendant's Human Resources
Information System, Workday) actively employed in California
by Defendant at any point from November 1, 2015 through the
date of Preliminary Approval, and
"The Class does not include any individual who: "...The Court has not made any determination of the validity of the claims in the Action. Defendant vigorously denies the claims in the Action and contends that it fully complied with all applicable laws." "...The Settlement Administrator will be provided with the Total Compensation for each Participating Class Member who worked in a job code listed in the attached Exhibit A during the period of November 1, 2015 to September 1, 2022 as an HPE employee in California. The Settlement Administrator will also be provided with the 'Class Total Compensation,' which is the wages, bonuses and equity as defined by HPE paid to all Participating Settlement Class Members for work performed during the period of November 1, 2015 to September 1, 2022, within a job code classification attached in Exhibit A, as determined by dates of employment in the relevant job classification codes and other qualifying information agreed upon by the Parties." Exhibit A - "Jobs in Settlement Class" is on pages 7-8.
https://www.equalpaysettlement.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ross-v-HPE-Settlement-Notice-FNL_WEBSITE.pdf
Other details:
"Of the 1,735 total notices mailed by the administrator, 143
were re-mailed to updated addresses and only 14 were
ultimately undeliverable." --Judgment And Final Approval
Order
https://www.equalpaysettlement.com/?page_id=55
Settlement Payments Distributed: Aug 4, 2023
https://www.equalpaysettlement.com/?page_id=47
Contact the Settlement Administrator:
https://www.equalpaysettlement.com/?page_id=61
An objection to the proposed settlement was filed before the
final ruling:
Plaintiffs' attorneys: Zimmerman Reed (Los Angeles) and
Lockridge Grindal Nauen (Minneapolis.)
See also
https://www.hpalumni.org/EmploymentLawsuits for discussions of:
your ability to sue the company, references
on employment law, and summary of HP and HPE employment lawsuits
and allegations.
Question? Email:
info@hpalumni.org
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