A senior manager who had worked at Oracle Corp. for 16 years testified that she heard the company’s top human resources’ leadership say that women will work harder for less compensation.

The testimony is part of a multiweek administrative hearing that kicked off Thursday in San Francisco as the company and its Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe counsel continue to defend against the U.S. Department of Labor’s claims of systemic pay disparities leveled in a 2017 lawsuit.