Apple squashes employee surveys on pay equity

Apple has shut down at least three employee-run surveys pertaining to pay equity, saying the informal studies included personally identifiable information and were run on corporate systems.The first survey seeking information about pay equity at Apple, especially as it pertains to women and minorities, was posted this spring and asked participants a range of questions including salary data statistics, reports The Verge. Apple's people team asked organizers to pull the survey because certain demographic related questions amounted to PII.A second survey was created last week, but the tech giant again called for its removal because it contained a question on gender, the report said. A subsequent survey without the gender question was also pulled, with Apple reportedly pointing out that it was hosted on a corporate Box account. Read more...