A National Labor Relations Board complaint says that as a joint employer of workers from IT staffing firm Accenture Flex, the tech giant should be obliged to negotiate with its union.

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.

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

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