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...
Riders are returning to Uber and Lyft despite higher prices caused by a driver shortage, Reuters reported Monday (Nov. 8). “Even with prices being up … we’re seeing that as cities reopen, people start using the product, and they use it a lot,” Uber Technologies Chief...
It’s sometimes called “the ecosystem for indies;” was built to help creative freelancers book and track projects, send invoices and get paid on a single platform; has $250 Million in fresh investor capital; and is sitting at the crossroads at a seminal time for so-called...
FinTech Payfare on Tuesday (Sept. 28) announced an expanded partnership with Stride Bank that includes new and faster ways for gig workers to get paid 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through The Clearing House’s real-time payments (RTP) network. Because it’s tied into...
With dozens of job sites to click on, unprecedented digital connectivity and economic upheaval spurring two-sided demand for low commitment careers, you could say the pandemic has been a perfect storm for the freelance economy. Now 10 months — and counting — into COVID-19 disruptions,...
