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Gobee.bike is pulling out of Paris after thousands of its bicycles were stolen or vandalized. “Over the months of December and January, the mass destruction of our fleet has become the new entertainment of underaged individuals, encouraged by content broadly shared on social media,” the...
Fiverr, the online marketplace that enables companies to hire freelancers, is acquiring AND CO, another startup that provides support tools for freelancers. According to a report in TechCrunch, Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman said that once the deal is complete, Fiverr will offer AND CO’s online...
Ride-hailing app company Uber reached a settlement with more than 2,000 New York drivers, agreeing to pay $3 million. Reuters, citing a court filing in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, reported that Uber agreed to pay the $3 million to settle what was a...
Long gone are the days when Ford, J.C. Penney and General Electric were the largest U.S. employers. A new analysis shows that the country’s outsourcing companies – including the likes of Compass Group and Accenture – are the largest employers, leasing out workers to some...
Uber is preparing for the busy holiday travel season by adding more features to its ride-hailing app. According to a news report in TechCrunch, one of the larger changes to the Uber app is the ability to engage in live location sharing, which enables you...
A handful of Instacart contract workers were gearing up to strike this past weekend to protest what personal shoppers contend are low wages. According to a news report in Ars Technica, which cites an Instacart employee who requested to remain anonymous, the idea behind the...
While there is an emerging consensus that the gig economy may be the future of American labor, the trials and tribulations of Uber drivers looking to get paid highlights why this conclusion may not be as foregone as it appears. Because for the last six...
Uber is looking to expand its services and has sent out an email to drivers to find out if they’d be interested in taking on additional on-demand jobs, such as cleaning, moving and food service. According to a Recode news report, the ride-sharing company is looking...
Post-recession, with gig workers now powering 33 percent of the U.S. workforce, the on-demand worker seems very mainstream. But paying these workers on demand is no long an option. In the latest PYMNTS Gig Economy Index™, a Hyperwallet collaboration, 84 percent of gig workers say...