Does Google Underpay Dispatched Workers Over 10 Billion Yen?



'Google underpays the salaries of thousands of dispatched workers in dozens of countries,' the British letter The Guardian reported. The cause of underpayment is a law that requires dispatched workers in the UK and other countries to be treated equally, but according to an internal document obtained by the newspaper, Google intentionally ignored these laws for more than two years. was doing.

Revealed: Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers across dozens of countries | Google | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/10/google-underpaid-workers-illegal-pay-disparity-documents

Report: Google has illegally underpaid thousands of temp workers since 2019 | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/report-google-has-illegally-underpaid-thousands-of-temp-workers-since-2019/

Google faces whistleblower complaint that it underpaid temp workers by as much as $ 100 million --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/10/22667247/google-pay-disparity-temp-workers-underpaid-sec-whistleblower

Google is one of the world's leading IT companies, known for its luxurious office buildings and top salaries, but it employs more dispatched workers than regular employees as a 'Shadow Workforce.' According to 2018reports , dispatched laborers, who are considered to be shadow workers, are not only cleaning offices and cooking in dining facilities, but also building codes, hiring staff, screening YouTube movies, testing self-driving cars, and teams. Although it undertakes a wide range of tasks such as management, it is treated differently from regular employees, and especially with regard to health care, it is said that health insurance is inadequate or does not exist at all.

There are more than 100,000 of these dispatched workers, and their nationalities span dozens of countries around the world where Google operates. Dispatched workers in each country are treated according to the labor law of that country, and in more than 30 countries including the United Kingdom, EU member countries, India and Taiwan, the Wage Equality Law requires that temporary workers and regular employees be treated equally. / There is a treatment equality law. These laws vary from country to country, but generally stipulate that salaries, working hours, breaks, vacations, holidays, and some benefits must be equalized, and that bonuses must also be equalized. There is also a country. According to The Guardian, there are about 1,000 dispatched workers at Google employed in countries where the Equal Pay Act / Equal Pay Act exists.



According to an internal document obtained by The Guardian, Google set salary levels for dispatched workers between 2012 and 2013, but since then salaries for regular employees have increased significantly, while salaries for dispatched workers have been revised. It wasn't there. Google's internal document states that salary levels will be revised 'ideally, this will happen every year,' and as of May 15, 2019, he was responsible for Google's dispatched workers' jurisdiction team. One Adrienne Crowther commented, '(2012-2013 is the final revision) Wow, it's too old,' while admitting that Google should improve the working conditions of dispatched workers. It has been suggested that the problem has been neglected for many years.

According to an internal document dated February 2021, the salaries of individual dispatched workers are 12 to 50% lower than they were originally paid, and the cumulative difference could amount to $ 100 million. I have. The dispatched labor jurisdiction team is also discussing this, but the direction of the discussion was not to correct the working conditions of dispatched workers, but to worry about 'Google's physical condition'. Google's Head of Compliance, Spyro Karetsos, told The Guardian about the incident: 'The salary levels of dispatched workers have actually risen many times, but the rate of increase is high for companies. It's clear that it's not in line with the standards. We promise to do a thorough investigation and address the salary difference issue that hasn't been addressed yet. '

The Guardian has already reported that Google employees have filed charges with the US Securities and Exchange Commission through a whistleblower support group, and although international labor law is outside the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission, this international salary is under-paid. If payments affect the figures stated in the quarterly financial report, they may be investigated for violating the false provisions of the Securities Act.

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