The government reportedly told Google that it could not ban political discussions at work

A director of the NLRB approved a settlement in the case, according to the report. It should be adopted after a period of appeal. As part of the settlement, Google will apparently have to inform the workers that it has departed from the rules that prevented them from sharing details such as working conditions and salaries between them or the journalists. Engadget has contacted Google and the NLRB for comments.

Engineer Kevin Cernekee lamented Google's dismissal for discussing his supposedly unpopular right-wing political views on internal bulletin boards. Google claims to have fired for improper use of the company's equipment. He asked to be reinstated with salary arrears, but this will not happen under the settlement.

Regulators have however asked Google to revoke Cernekee's latest warning letter. According to some sources, he allegedly violated a section of the Code of Conduct requiring employees to respect each other, following his remarks on bulletin boards.

The second complainant was a current Google employee who remains anonymous. He says the company has punished him for posting critical comments on a Google manager on Facebook. Counsel for both complainants objected to the settlement and stated that they deserved a hearing, the WSJ reports.

In August, Google updated its internal guidelines to the community to remind its employees that they are responsible for their words and said that they would be held accountable for what. they said. He urged them to stay away from topics that made their colleagues feel like they did not belong to the community and not to discuss potentially disruptive "controversies".

The NLRB directive comes at a time when regulators are tightly controlling Google. Last week, he reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General's Office regarding reported violations of the rules relating to the protection of children's privacy. On Monday, it appeared that 50 state attorneys general had opened a joint antitrust investigation against the company. The Department of Justice is conducting a similar investigation.