Earlier this year, the number of contractors outnumbered direct employees for the first time in Google's 20-year history,

The legislation enshrines minimum wages and guaranteed rest-breaks for domestic workers and also empowers them to negotiate industry-wide conditions and regulations.

A class-action suit alleges job seekers missed out on employment opportunities because companies used Facebook's ad tools to target people of other ages.

Trump's move to curtail the activities of federal unions follows a wave of laws signed by Republican governors over the past decade restricting public-sector collective bargaining.

Proposed changes to the National Labor Relations Act include making it easier for workers to prove they are employees with the right to unionize.

The unions are requesting information on a company's estimated gains, how much they'll spend on stock buybacks and how many U.S. jobs they'll create.

In April 2015 the burger giant unveiled a new first-of-its-kind wage floor for employees at the roughly 1,500 stores run directly by the corporation.

Over the past few months, the NLRB received at least 100 similarly worded submissions urging it to throw out a policy pertaining to union votes.