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Two Apple employees sued the tech giant in a proposed class action last Thursday, alleging gender-based pay discrimination, biases against women in its performance evaluation system, and a hostile work environment.

The complaint, filed by Altshuler Berzon and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll in the California Superior Court, County of San Francisco, encompasses more than 12,000 current and former female Apple employees in California. Jim Finberg, an attorney representing the plaintiffs at Altshuler Berzon, said that more than 80 women were interviewed in the course of preparing the claim.

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