Alphabet's Google is facing a second complaint from a U.S. labor board claiming that it is the employer of contract workers and must bargain with their union, the agency said on Monday. The complaint issued by the National Labor Relations Board last week claims that Google is a "joint employer" of about 50 San Francisco-based content creation workers employed by IT firm Accenture Flex who voted to join the Alphabet Workers Union in 2023,

The case outcome could set a precedent for how contract workers are treated across the tech industry, where companies frequently rely on third-party staffing firms.

Google parent company Alphabet ($GOOGL) is facing a new labor complaint over its treatment of contract workers. The U.S. National Labor Relations