Instacart and DoorDash are raising prices in Seattle following the city’s new minimum pay law. Seattle in 2022 passed legislation that increased wages for drivers for the delivery apps. That law went into effect Saturday (Jan. 13), and is happening as the federal government is...
California’s Supreme Court has handed Uber drivers a victory against the company. The court on Monday (July 17) ruled against the tech giant’s argument that aimed to limit efforts by drivers to bring employment disputes before a judge. In 2019, Uber Eats driver Erik Adolph sued the company, arguing...
The proliferation of the gig economy and dramatic shifts in professionals’ expectations for their own career paths have begun to carve out a larger space for the independent contractor — and for regulations surrounding them. The logistics and delivery space is primed to embrace the...
Imagine getting paid to go home. (Really, take a moment and do so. Feels nice, right?) Now, imagine not only getting paid to go home, but doing so in a way that pleases one’s employer, neighbor, girlfriend’s boss or the person on the other end...
March 01, 2019
Imagine getting paid to go home. (Really, take a moment and do so. Feels nice, right?) Now, imagine not only getting paid to go home, but doing so in a way that pleases one’s employer, neighbor, girlfriend’s boss or the person on the other end of that daily, mundane trip. It’s not a fantasy, but […]
April 15, 2024
Cigo says it wants to help an increasingly cashless society tip delivery drivers. To that end, the software company announced Monday (April 15) that it had added a digital tipping feature to Cigo Tracker, its logistic software application for last-mile delivery. “Ridesharing and restaurant industries have facilitated in-app electronic gratuities,” the company said in a news release. “Yet […]
January 15, 2024
Instacart and DoorDash are raising prices in Seattle following the city’s new minimum pay law. Seattle in 2022 passed legislation that increased wages for drivers for the delivery apps. That...
July 18, 2023
California’s Supreme Court has handed Uber drivers a victory against the company. The court on Monday (July 17) ruled against the tech giant’s argument that aimed to limit efforts by drivers to bring employment...
February 06, 2019
Instacart, the delivery on demand service, is facing a class-action lawsuit over how it handles tips earned by drivers. According to a report in NBC News, last week a class-action...
