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Apple, Adobe, Google and Intel agreed to pay $415 million (374 M€) settlement in a class action lawsuit where 64.000 employees accused them of making secret arrangements not to steal each other’s employees by offering better salaries, i.e. agreements to cap salaries.

▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/03/us-apple-google-ruling-idUSKCN0R30D120150903

The case was based largely on emails in which Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt and some of their rivals detailed plans to avoid poaching each other’s prized engineers.

More info about the initial settlement,

▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/25/us-apple-google-lawsuit-exclusive-idUSBREA3N28Z20140425

which was overruled later on:

▻http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/technology/settlement-rejected-in-silicon-valley-hiring-case.html?_r=0

#salaire #salary

Des preuves d’entente accablent Steve Jobs et Eric Schmidt
▻http://www.numerama.com/magazine/28179-des-preuves-d-entente-accablent-steve-jobs-et-eric-schmidt.html

Dans les années 2000, plusieurs grandes d’entreprises de la Silicon Valley se sont entendues pour ne pas démarcher leurs salariés en vue de les recruter, afin de ne pas faire monter les prix des salaires. Les preuves révélées par la justice américaines accablent en particulier Steve Jobs, l’ancien patron d’Apple, et le président de Google, Eric Schmidt.

#travail #salaires #informatique #silicon_valley