Google Workers Free to Talk Pay, Diversity Under NLRB Settlement

Google has agreed to rescind discipline against a Republican engineer who accused the company of discriminating against conservative workers, under a proposed settlement that also requires it to allow workers to discuss job issues with colleagues or the press.

Former Googler Kevin Cernekee filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board in 2015. Cernekee gained notoriety after President Donald Trump tweeted about a television appearance in which Cernekee alleged that the company is biased against Republicans and other political conservatives.

Besides the president, accusations of political bias at Google have been echoed by some job applicants ...