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Microsoft settles over alleged parental, disability leave discrimination

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Employees who took protected leave allegedly received lower bonuses and unfavorable performance reviews.

Microsoft has reached a $14.4m settlement with California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) to resolve claims that it discriminated and retaliated against women and disabled workers when they took federally protected leave for themselves or to take care of a family member.

The CRD’s multi-year investigation found that workers at