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Qualcomm 20 million USD in compensation because of sexism

Qualcomm has agreed to pay us $ 20 million to settle lawsuits sexism in the company.

Chip manufacturer Qualcomm had agreed to compensation of about us $ 20 million to settle discrimination lawsuits with women workers in the company.
Earlier, a number of employees of Qualcomm filed up the Court required the company to have policies to ensure equity for women working in the field of engineering.




Qualcomm representatives said: "we will continue to make improvements to create a balance to have a diverse workforce, comprehensive". This representative also declined to comment further on the company's decision.

The agreement was reached after a month of negotiations and the mediation of the Court from the beginning of the year.

Gender equality is the issue are very interested in the technology field. The big names as Google, Apple, Facebook also stumbled to similar allegations and also are working hard to improve its personnel policy.
According to investment forum

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