A current Google Inc. employee has sued the tech giant over its rules for protecting confidential information, alleging they prohibit workers from whistleblowing or even just complaining to their spouse about their boss. Employment lawyers say that if the allegations in the complaint are true—a big if, of course—Google’s rules may well be overly restrictive.
According to the complaint, filed on Dec. 19 in California Superior Court in San Francisco, Google makes employees agree not to disclose “confidential information,” which is allegedly defined as “any information in any form that relates to Google or Google’s business that is not generally known, including employee data.” According to the complaint, these rules make it difficult for Google employees to interview for new jobs, blow the whistle on wrongdoing, or even complain about their boss. (The Information, a tech website, first reported on the complaint here.)
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