Google has an employee ‘problem’ again: What you need to know

The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against Google and its parent company Alphabet, alleging that the internet search-giant violated labor laws. As per media reports, the NLRB case documents reportedly accuse Google of illegally spying on employees; firing employees in retaliation for their attempt to unionize; and blocking employees from sharing work grievances and information using general tools like calendars, email, meeting rooms including company’s internal communication tool called MemeGen. Case documents claimed that Google was “interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed in Section 7 of the Act.”The new complaint issued by the National Labor Relations Board comes soon after the body issued a complaint against Google contractor HCL for violating the rights of “unionized workers”.