Google goes public with salary methodology to refute gender pay-gap claim

Google has gone public with its own pay methodology in a retort to the US department of labor which alleged that the search giant was guilty of underpaying female staff.
Refuting the existence of any such pay gap Google insists that it is "gender blind" in so far as remuneration is concerned, asserting that salary levels are judged solely on "role, job level, job location as well as current and recent performance ratings".
This formula is used by analysts with no access to gender information bef