{"id":15938,"date":"2019-04-02T19:44:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T02:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15938"},"modified":"2019-04-02T19:44:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T02:44:35","slug":"google-to-require-full-benefits-for-temporary-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15938","title":{"rendered":"Google to require full benefits for temporary workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google said on Tuesday it will require its contracted and temporary workforce to receive full benefits, including comprehensive health care, paid parental leave and a $15 minimum wage, according to an internal memo provided exclusively to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The internet search giant&#8217;s vice president of people operations, Eileen Naughton, said in the memo to employees that Google will require that the workers receive the benefits by 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s announcement comes the same day that a group of 915 Google workers signed on to a letter demanding equal treatment for the company&#8217;s temporary workers and contractors, known internally as &#8220;TVCs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The letter, also obtained by The Hill, claims that temporary workers and contractors account for 54 percent of Google&#8217;s workforce, or 122,000 positions. Google declined to share how many of its employees are contractors and how many are full-time employees.<\/p>\n<p>For years, Google employees have raised concerns that the company&#8217;s workplace is stratified, with temporary workers and contractors receiving lower pay and fewer benefits than permanent employees.<\/p>\n<p>Google will now require that the outside companies employing the workers provide them with comprehensive health care, a minimum wage of $15 per hour, 12 weeks of parental leave and a minimum of eight days of sick leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google said on Tuesday it will&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-science-tech","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15939,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15938\/revisions\/15939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}