"This meritless lawsuit is based on false allegations and a seriously flawed process within the OFCCP that relies on cherry picked statistics rather than reality,"  EVP and general counsel Dorian Daley, said in the statement. “We fiercely disagree with the spurious claims and will continue in the process to prove them false.” The Federal government alleged that pattern led to minorities being underpaid by $400 million from 2013 through 2016. Investigators allege women with job titles and qualifications similar to men employed in the support services and product development groups were paid $165 million less than the men over four years. In 2016, 23 women in the support services group were paid 20.5 percent less than 72 males colleagues. Of about 500 recently college graduates hired into an entry-level classification inside its product development group, more than 450 were Asian, most Indian. Oracle hired just 11 black or Hispanic college graduates to this group during that four-year period. Moreover, the lawsuit claims that Oracle pays its fewer than 30 black employees in this group about 7.5 percent less than white colleagues. Most college hires were international students with student visas, almost all Asian. “These students required work authorization to remain in the United States after graduation. In other words, Oracle overwhelmingly hires workers dependent upon Oracle for sponsorship to remain in the United States,” the suit alleges