Google said Tuesday that it will soon require its contracted and temporary employees to receive comprehensive healthcare and a $15 minimum wage.
Here are the benefits that contractors will receive, via a note that Eileen Naughton, VP of People Operations, sent to employees on Tuesday, provided toGoing forward, in order to do business with Google, all companies that employ U.S.
These are meaningful changes, and we’re starting in the U.S., where comprehensive healthcare and paid parental leave are not mandated by U.S. law. As we learn from our implementation here, we’ll identify and address areas of potential improvement in other areas of the world. Stay tuned for more to come as we continue our work in this area.I’m a San Francisco-based staff writer for Forbes reporting on Google and the rest of the Alphabet universe, as well as artificial intelligence more broadly.
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