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Re:Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers by heisenbit on Friday September 10, 2021 @04:18PM (#28486423)
The crux is that one needs to be willing to pierce through the pretend veil of separation:

> “the correct outcome from a compliance perspective” and could place the staffing companies it contracts with “in a difficult position, legally and ethically”.

The systemic abuse of subcontracting companies to undermine the rule of law by these large corporations needs to stop. But it only will if executives at Google would face the same consequences as executives at the subcontractors (which tend to escape criminal punishments as well by hiding behind multiple shells and false ids).

Re:Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers by ravel-bar-foo on Friday September 10, 2021 @11:18PM (#28489168)
In Korea subcontractors with limited liability for workplace accidents was a huge problem in construction. The law now holds contractors and subcontractors equally liable for workplace safety violations.