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Google spied on employees and fired them for unionizing, U.S. labor board says

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Google and its parent company Alphabet, accusing the tech juggernaut of violating labor laws. The company was allegedly “interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed in Section 7 of the Act,” according to the complaint filed Tuesday. Specifically, the NLRB case documents accuse Google of illegally spying on employees, firing several employees in retaliation for… Source link

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Google spied on employees, illegally terminated them, NLRB alleges

Google employees at the tech giant’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, walk off the job to protest the company’s handling of sexual misconduct claims. Mason Trinca | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Google and its parent company Alphabet, accusing the tech juggernaut of violating labor laws. The company was allegedly “interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed in… Source link

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Federal Labor Agency Says Google Wrongly Fired 2 Employees

A federal agency said on Wednesday that Google had most likely violated labor law when it fired two employees who were involved in labor organizing, a spokesman for the agency said. The pair were fired in November last year as Google grappled with a vocal contingent of workers who protested its handling of sexual harassment and its work with the Defense Department and federal border agencies. Although Google fired several employees who participated in the protests, the complaint on Wednesday… Source link

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Google allowing employees to hold some meetings outdoors on campus

A cyclist rides past Google Inc. offices inside the Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google has begun holding in-person meetings outdoors on company campuses as it prepares for employees to return to offices next year. A company spokesperson told CNBC it’s begun hosting “onsite off-sites,” or socially distanced meetings, on lawns and other areas on its campuses where it’s allowed by authorities. It’s… Source link

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Google’s 3-Word Plan to Help Employees Avoid Burnout Is So Simple You Should Steal It

Working remotely has been a challenge, to say the least. It has forced companies, individuals, and families to change the way they work–and more importantly, how they balance that work with everything else. Right now, that ‘everything else’ includes a lot of things no one imagined we’d be dealing with when this year started.  As a result, companies have had to figure out ways to help their employees stay focused while also making time for themselves. In a memo to employees,… Source link

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Google to Employees: Don’t ‘Get Distracted’ by Antitrust Case – BloombergQuint

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