ALJ Narrows OFCCPs Request For Google Employee And Pay Data

On July 14th, an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") denied certain data requests by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program ("OFCCP") that sought massive amounts of pay-related data from Google in connection with a routine compliance audit. In his decision and order, ALJ Steven Berlin took the agency to task over its demands for employee salary and job history dating back more than 20 years "without a minimal showing of relevance." He also narrowed the OFCCP's June 2016 request for contact information for all employees at Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters—approximately 25,000 people—citing both relevance and concerns about employee privacy.

The Disputed OFCCP Data Requests