Google will confirm that employees can discuss "workplace issues" as part of the settlement

Google will claim that employees can discuss workplace issues as a result of an agreement with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). according to The Wall Street Journal, which reported the news today, the agreement covers complaints that Google would react negatively to "dissent in the workplace". Google does not need to admit wrongdoing, but will have to inform employees of their rights to speak.

Google has confirmed the settlement in a statement to The New York Times and The edge. "We agreed to send a notice to our employees reminding them of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, "said a spokesperson. "As part of this notice, we will also remind employees of the changes we made to our workplace policies in 2016 and 2017 that clarify these policies do not prevent employees from discussing issues in the workplace. job."

the Newspaper writes that one of the complaints concerns Kevin Cernekee, who claimed to have been fired for his conservative political beliefs. (The Daily caller Cernekee suggested raising funds for neo-Nazi Richard Spencer, which Cernekee claimed was not related to Spencer's policy.) President Trump promoted Cernekee on Twitter after it appeared on Fox Business, raise the profile of Cernekee. A second complaint allegedly involved an employee who allegedly published "unflattering opinions" about a Google leader on Facebook.

the Newspaper initially reported that the regulation covered "political and workplace issues". In a statement, Google partially denied this description. "There were some misrepresentations this morning at Google's workplace," said the spokesman The edge. If she confirmed that Google had settled Cernekee's complaint, "there is absolutely no mention of political activity in the proposed settlement".

Apparently unrelated to this settlement, Google has been accused of retaliation against workplace activists like Claire Stapleton and Meredith Whittaker, who helped organize a massive strike to protest Google's sexual behavior. And when Google updated some rules on employee conduct in August, critics said they could use the new rules to remove protests against military agency or immigration contracts. Google stated that these updates were "absolutely not related and unaffected" by the settlement.