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| Google pays less for temporary workers |
The Guardian has revealed that Google is illegally paying thousands of temporary workers in dozens of countries, in an attempt to cover up the problem, while delaying wage rate reviews for more than two years.
By May 2019 at the latest, executives at the search giant realized that the company was not complying with local laws in the UK, Europe and Asia that require workers on fixed contracts to earn the same salary as full-time employees in similar jobs.
However, the documents show that rather than correcting its mistakes, the company has slowed time by more than two years, with concerns about rising costs in departments that rely heavily on temporary workers, citing potential legal claims and negative reporting concerns.
Google executives and lawyers are already looking for a plan to slowly and inexpensively comply with the regulations.
While he understands that such a decision is not an effective outcome from a compliance standpoint and may put the recruit you hired in a difficult legal and ethical position, he did.
The company admitted it had failed and said it was investigating after being contacted by The Guardian.
Spiro Karitsos, Google's chief compliance officer, said in a statement that while the team had not raised the benchmark in many years, the effective wage rate for temporary workers had increased several times during that time. The salaries of most temporary workers are well above similar standards.
He added, "It is clear, however, that this process does not meet the high standards we have promised as a company. We are doing a full review. We are committed to identifying and resolving any discrepancies We review our compliance practices in this area. We will find out what went wrong here, and why it happened." And we fix it.
A whistleblower represented by the Whistleblower Assistance Program has filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission about the alleged violations.
Although international labor laws are outside the SEC's jurisdiction, the complaint alleges that Google's failure to disclose its $100 million equal pay obligations was a critical error in its quarterly financial reports that represent and violate securities. laws. American funding.
Google pays less for temporary workers
The disclosure said the company violated labor laws around the world and misled investors about important legal and financial obligations.
This problem arises from Google's heavy reliance on its expanding workforce. In addition to a set of local laws regulating the treatment of these workers in the dozens of countries in which the company operates.
The search giant has more than 100,000 temporary workers who do not work directly for the company. But they work on his behalf, with tasks ranging from catering and security to programming and data analysis.
The vast majority of these employees are involved in long-term projects that are entirely managed by the supplier company. Similar to content review, they don't interact much with Googlers.
The company is also constantly hiring thousands of temporary workers. Although the recruitment agency pays them, the temporary workers report directly to the head of Google.
Sectors that rely heavily on temporary workers include recruitment, marketing and Waymo, a subsidiary of self-driving car maker Alphabet. The company spends about $800 million annually on temporary workers worldwide.
The use of temporary workers is common in the technology industry. But Google's reliance on a growing workforce beyond its immediate workforce has long been criticized.
More than 30 countries have enacted equal pay laws for equal work. Temporary workers are required to receive the same treatment as full-time workers who do the same or similar work.