Fiverr International Ltd., an established player in the field of connecting businesses and freelancers, on Tuesday (Sept. 15) announced a new offering aimed at facilitating easy cooperation among teams of workers. “This platform is designed for corporate teams and departments to collaborate with each other...
The number of food delivery companies increased dramatically in France over the summer while nearly all other industries suffered due to COVID-19, according to the National Council of Clerks. Reuters reported the number of self-employed food delivery workers fueled the unexpected rise in these new companies in...
Labor Day 2020 has an unfortunate cloud hanging over it: a high U.S. unemployment rate, even as the nation engages in its annual celebration of workers. While the holiday barbecues will roll on (socially distanced, of course), there will be millions of workers wondering when...
The lawmaker behind a proposed California consumer protection law indicated that it will not proceed in its current iteration, CNBC reported. California Assemblymember Mark Stone said, per a statement cited by CNBC, that “AB 3262 will not advance in its present form by the legislative deadline,”...
Even before the pandemic upended the ways we live and work, the workforce itself was shifting, marked by the rapid expansion of the gig economy. Now, with stubbornly high unemployment and a recession underway, more people are embracing project-based work to help supplement incomes —...
The attorney general for the District of Columbia alleges in a lawsuit filed on Thursday (Aug. 27) that Instacart made substantial sums in the city by tricking customers into thinking voluntary payments they added to food delivery bills were tips for drivers. “Instacart tricked District...
Uber says it will continue operating food delivery business Uber Eats in California even if its main ridesharing business is forced to shut down on Friday (Aug. 21) because of a recent court order, Reuters reported. The order mandates that Uber and rival Lyft treat...
As courts force an end to the use of gig workers by Uber and Lyft in California, the CEO of Just Eat Takeaway said he will do it on his own. Jitse Groen, leader of one of the world’s largest food delivery platforms, told the...
DoorDash, the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, could be the latest gig company to face an injunction to treat its workers as employees, not independent contractors. The Financial Times reported San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has filed for a preliminary injunction against the...
