On Sunday, Google said it was pleased to settle a class-action lawsuit without admitting wrongdoing by underpaying women and assigning them lower-level positions.

The $118 million settlement includes about 15,500 female employees who have worked for the company in California since September 2013, law firm Leif Cabraser Heyman & Bernstein LLP and Altshuler Barzan LLP said in a statement released Friday night. As part of the settlement, the company also agreed to a third-party analysis of its hiring and compensation practices.

In 2017, several former Google employees sued the company in San Francisco, alleging that they paid women less than men for equal positions and assigned fewer jobs to women than men with similar experience because they were previously paid less.

According to a copy of the agreement published by the law firms, “Google denies all allegations in the lawsuit and maintains that it always complies fully with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.”

A judge still has to approve the deal, two law enforcement agencies said. Google had earlier agreed to pay the US Department of Labor $3.8 million in 2021 for discrimination against women and Asians.