Google launched a new beta service this week–encrypted search using SSL (secure sockets layer) to protect searches from being snooped or intercepted while traversing the Internet. Encrypted Google ...

Silicon Valley’s use of nontraditional employment arrangements, where workers typically aren’t afforded the same privileges as employees, has grown faster than full-time jobs, even as tech giants come ...

Google’s minimum wage and benefits for contractors are withheld from thousands of its U.S. contract workers, a new report from a union alleges. Google’s parent firm Alphabet in 2019 announced that, ...

For most of us, employee benefits usually refer to medical, dental, vision and paid vacation time. For employees of Google the list doesn’t end there, instead it goes on and on. Here are some of the ...

Google will require that the outside companies employing its temporary and contract workers give them comprehensive health care, a minimum wage of $15 per hour, 12 weeks of parental leave, and a ...

Google’s TVC—short for Temps, Vendors, and Contractors—took home a victory today in the form of an increased minimum wage and some basic benefits. Hooray! Unfortunately, the TVCs currently working at ...

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Google contract workers, internally referred to as Temporary, Vendor and Contractors (TVCs), are seeking better, equal treatment. That entails better pay and access to benefits, as well as better ...

More than 650 Google employees have signed a petition calling on the company to extend abortion-related health benefits to contractors and better protect user privacy in the wake of a Supreme Court ...

Google is under fire–with antitrust claims levied from a handful of competitors. What the cries of monopoly and investigations into business practices fail to address though is that being dominant isn ...

Google is facing backlash after reports suggested that employees in the U.S. might have to share their health information with an AI tool to access medical benefits. The news caused concern among ...