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The National Labor Relations Board, a U.S. federal independent agency which oversees union activity and workers’ rights, on Monday (Dec. 27) launched an invitation to the public to submit briefs addressing whether the agency should reconsider its standard for determining the independent contractor status of...
Remote work has become a permanent fixture in most organizations today. With it, many companies are looking to take advantage and expand their horizons. With workers no longer required to sit in the office all day long, there’s no need for companies to limit themselves...
Chinese officials could move to amend laws that would grant ride-hailing and food delivery drivers the ability to form unions, Chinese state media Xinhua reported on Friday (Dec. 17). The amendment to its trade union law would implement new rules that would expand what kinds...
Digital asset marketplace Bakkt Holdings, Inc. on Friday (Dec. 17) partnered with food delivery service BringMeThat.com to stake its claim on the gig economy. BringMeThat.com brings together independent restaurants in thousands of U.S. cities to allow customers to place food orders online or in the...
Gig workers delivering passengers, groceries and restaurant meals are at the mercy of computer algorithms that could upend their workplace standing with little recourse. Now they’re asking for explanations about how the algorithms work and transparency into how decisions are made, according to a press...
Gig workers in Europe — including Just Eat Takeaway.com, Uber Eats, Delivery Hero, Deliveroo and others — could be reclassified as employees under a new European Union (EU) initiative, the European Commission (EC) said in a news release on Thursday (Dec. 9). The proposal could...
A convergence of forces — from the pandemic to the rise of more formalized gig and creator economies — is providing opportunities to modernize work-related healthcare and other benefits for nontraditional workers in ways that were little more than talking points until now. Showing what’s...
Uber is getting into the cannabis business, at least in one part of the world. As Reuters reported on Monday (Nov. 22), the ride-hailing giant says it will begin allowing customers in Ontario, Canada to begin ordering cannabis through the Uber Eats app. Uber Eats...
Supporters of a Massachusetts ballot question that will ask voters to treat drivers for Uber, Lyft and other app-based companies as independent contractors have collected about 130,000 signatures, enough to get it on the ballot, according to a Reuters report Tuesday (Nov. 16). The...