Microsoft Women Suing Over Bias Denied Class-Action Status
- Females allege company paid them less, stalled promotions
- Federal judge’s ruling is sealed from public view for now
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Microsoft Corp. women engineers who claim discrimination in pay and promotions won’t be allowed to pursue their lawsuit as a class action, in a major blow to the leading case attacking the male-dominated tech industry.
U.S. District Judge James L. Robart issued a sealed order Monday denying class certification, without elaborating. The Seattle judge said the ruling won’t be made be public until both sides tell him what needs to be redacted, or kept private.