Unions in New York are petitioning the state to change its laws to include employment protections for gig economy workers, similar to a bill recently passed in California, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (Sept. 16). New York’s wage and hour laws currently don’t apply...
Rideshare giant Uber says it will fight the recent passage of a controversial labor bill in California, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Sept. 12). The landmark legislation AB5 passed the Senate on Wednesday (Sept. 11) and is expected to be supported by the...
California lawmakers passed a controversial labor bill on Tuesday (Sept. 10) that could turn on-demand contract workers into full-fledged employees. App-based businesses tried to work out immunity to no avail and the bill passed the California State Senate in a 29 to 11 vote, The...
A growing number of workers are turning to platforms like Uber, TaskRabbit and Upwork to earn extra money – or even to make gig work a main source of income. Yet, while the gig economy is upending many aspects of the traditional employee-employer dynamic, the...
To counter criticism of its independent contractor procedures, Instacart announced a series of new benefits for its contract shoppers, VentureBeat reported on Wednesday (Aug. 21). The San Francisco-based grocery delivery startup said it is offering new benefits to contractors starting Sept. 3 that include wellness resources, student...
For gig workers, a growing subset of the economy where at least one-third of the U.S. workforce has taken on project-based work, getting paid in a timely manner can be critical to financial well-being. In fact, as PYMNTS found in recent research on the gig...
Last month, new data on the U.K.’s gig economy surfaced from the University of Hertfordshire, concluding that the number of gig workers in Britain has more than doubled in the last three years, now reaching 4.7 million professionals. Experts say the explosion of technology platforms...
Unlike the typical worker in the 9 to 5 cycle, gig workers often find themselves living paycheck to paycheck, because they must complete a work assignment before they can collect their earnings. The uncertainty over when (or if) a paycheck will arrive can leave many...
PayPal’s Hyperwallet is facilitating payments to Lime’s scooter “juicer” force — offering a range of payout options globally. Brent Warrington, Hyperwallet's general manager, tells Karen Webster why paying freelancers to charge scooters — in the ways they want — shows why the gig economy, aided...
