Revealed: Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers across dozens of countries

Google underpaid thousands of contract workers across dozens of countries: Report

According to reports, Google underpaid thousands of international contract workers, violating pay-parity laws in several countries and delayed correcting the pay rates for more than two years as it attempted to cover up the problem. The tech giant’s compliance department discovered that it had been underpaying workers in UK, Europe and Asia since May 2019, but chose not to immediately compensate the underpaid temporary staff.

Google faces whistleblower complaints that it underpaid temp workers

Google is facing whistleblower complaints that it has underpaid temp workers millions since 2019. A new investigation carried out by The Guardian pulls no punches while detailing Google’s treatment of temporary workers. According to the report: “Google has been illegally underpaying thousands of temporary workers in dozens of countries and delayed correcting the pay rates […]The post Google faces whistleblower complaint that it underpaid temp wo…

Report: Google has illegally underpaid thousands of temp workers since 2019

EnlargeA new investigation from The Guardian pulls no punches while detailing Google's treatment of temporary workers, saying, "Google has been illegally underpaying thousands of temporary workers in dozens of countries and delayed correcting the pay rates for more than two years as it attempted to cover up the problem."The Guardian says it has seen documents indicating that Google has known about this problem since 2019, and "rather than immedi…

Google faces whistleblower complaint that it underpaid temp workers by as much as $100 million

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIn 2019 a New York Times report called Google’s then-121,000-strong assortment of temporary employees “a shadow work force that now outnumbers the company’s full-time employees.” Now, a whistleblower has filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stating that gaps in pay between temporary workers and full-time employees doing similar work had widened over the last few years, stretch…

Google underpaid thousands of international 'shadow workers,' violating labor laws around the world, reports reveal

One manager worried a pay bump would allow workers to "connect the dots" and lead to a "flurry of noise/frustration," emails reviewed by NYT revealed.

Google Reportedly Shortchanged Temps Around the Globe—Potentially Costing Them $100 Million in Wages

Reports in the New York Times and Guardian show Google execs slow-rolled a solution rather than attract media attention.