Google to Fight NLRB Over Joint Employer Finding in D.C. Circuit

Google LLC will try to convince a federal appeals court that it has no obligation to bargain with a union representing YouTube contract workers.

The Alphabet Inc. subsidiary is set to challenge a National Labor Relations Board finding that it jointly employs contract staffers during oral argument at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Jan. 27.

The circuit court will likely determine whether the company must bargain with the Alphabet Workers Union, which represents workers directly employed by Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

More broadly, the case gives the D.C. Circuit its first opportunity to weigh ...