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What determines whether Google is really a 'co-employer' with the subcontractor?
by georgeoliver 3y ago
What determines whether Google is really a 'co-employer' with the subcontractor?
- wildrhythms 3y agoWhere did you see the term 'co-employer'?
- georgeoliver 3y agoMy mistake, the article uses 'joint employer'.
- Jon_Lowtek 3y agoIf they have "substantial direct and immediate control" one example: workers in this bargaining unit working on Youtube Music at Cognizant as contractors for Google have to request vacation first from Google, and only once they agree, can request their vacation from Cognizant. A complete formal definition of joint employers is in "Decision and Direction of Election" from https://www.nlrb.gov/case/16-RC-305751 https://www.nlrb.gov/case/16-RC-305751 on page 8. The document also has more summaries of evidence and examples from the hearings, which were non-public.