In response to the issues with its temp work force, Google is both trying to improve their treatment and distancing itself from their management. Last month, Google said it would require staffing agencies to provide contract and temp workers with comprehensive health care, paid parental leave and an hourly minimum wage of $15. Many contractors who reported to a Google employee are now being managed by another contractor, who is the only one permitted to speak to full-time employees, three of the workers said. Her manager, a Google employee, said he expected to convert her to full-time status after a year as long as she met her hiring quotas, which she did. Ms. Cruz’s sister, Kristi Beck, said her sister had told her about the harassment while it had been going on.

Source: New York Times May 28, 2019 06:00 UTC