LinkedIn Corporation Rotten Score Breakdown

On May 3, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced a conciliation agreement with LinkedIn Corp. resolving allegations that, from March 1, 2015 through March 1, 2017, 686 female employees in engineering, marketing and product job groups at its San Francisco and Sunnyvale facilities were paid less than male counterparts. LinkedIn agreed to provide $1.8 million in back wages and interest and to undertake compensation analyses, salary adjustments where required, reporting and training. This was a negotiated resolution of allegations, not a court judgment establishing liability. Primary source: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/ofccp/ofccp20220503

On August 4, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division announced that its investigation found LinkedIn Corp. violated the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime and recordkeeping provisions by failing to record, account for and pay all hours worked. LinkedIn paid $3,346,195 in overtime back wages and $2,509,646 in liquidated damages to 359 current and former employees in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York, and entered an enhanced compliance agreement. The Department characterized this as an agency finding, and LinkedIn cooperated and paid the amounts due. Contemporaneous reporting placed the affected period between 2012 and 2014. Primary source: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20140804 Supporting source for the period: https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/linkedin-pays-6m-for-overtime-wages-violation

On July 14, 2026, the Office of the Texas Attorney General announced that it had opened an investigation into LinkedIn Corporation over allegations that the company advertised and profited from fake or misleading job opportunities, commonly called “ghost jobs.” The announcement alleges that LinkedIn marketed paid Premium subscriptions to job seekers without disclosing that some job postings might be inactive, unfilled or not connected to genuine hiring opportunities. The Attorney General issued a Civil Investigative Demand seeking documents, data and internal communications concerning LinkedIn’s advertising, marketing, verification practices and representations about Premium subscriptions and job listings. This is an ongoing investigation based on allegations—not a regulator finding, settlement, judgment or admission of wrongdoing. The source does not specify when the alleged conduct began, so the investigation’s announcement date is used as the required event-start anchor. Primary source: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-investigates-linkedin-advertising-fake-and-misleading-job-opportunities