September 13, 2024
The union representing workers at YouTube Music's content operation urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold a National Labor Relations Board decision that Google and contractor Cognizant jointly employ the video site's workers, saying there's a "mountain of evidence" to support the board's ruling that both companies need to bargain with the union.
September 06, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board told the D.C. Circuit that Google and its contractor, Cognizant, exercised the level of control typical of joint employers, urging the court to keep the board's conclusion that the two entities must bargain together with a union.
July 16, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board's finding that Google and its contractor Cognizant are joint employers is "riddled with … flaws," the two companies argued to the D.C. Circuit, challenging the board's application of its 2020 rule when reviewing control over supervision and benefits.
April 30, 2024
The D.C. Circuit will continue adjudicating Google's challenge to the unionization of its subsidiary YouTube Music, rejecting on Tuesday a request by the company and its contractor Cognizant to transfer the case to the Fifth Circuit.