MOUNTAIN VIEW, US: Google is planning to release statistics documenting the diversity of its workforce for the first time amid escalating pressure on the technology industry to hire more minorities and women.
The numbers are compiled as part of a report that major US employers must file with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Employers, though, aren’t required to make the information publicly available.
Google Inc had resisted previous calls for it to share the diversity data.
David Drummond, an African-American executive who oversees Google’s public policies, announced the about-face during the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting at its headquarters in Mountain View.
“Many companies in (Silicon Valley) have been reluctant to divulge that data, including Google, and, quite frankly, we are wrong about that,” Drummond said. He said the information will be released next month.
The concession came after the Rev Jesse Jackson appeared at the annual meeting to urged Google to lead the effort to hire more African-Americans, Latinos and women in technology.
The longtime civil rights leader applauded Google for its transparency. The company employs nearly 50,000 people and typically hires thousands more workers each year.-AP
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