San Francisco, Dec. 3 -- The US Labour Board has accused Google of violating its laws by allegedly spying on workers who were organising protests against workplace discrimination, and then firing them.

Several other employees were fired in the wake of employee protests against workplace discrimination at Google but according to a complaint filed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the US, the terminations of two employees, Laurence Berland and Kathryn Spiers, violated labour laws, reports The Verge.

Berland and Spiers were fired by the tech giant in late 2019 in connection with employee activism.

"Berland was organising against Google's decision to work with IRI Consultants, a firm known for its anti-union efforts, when he ...