by dankeelan | Jul 17, 2024 | Featured, Gig Workers
Jagat Pun finds that working as a delivery driver is becoming harder and harder. Pun spends his days zipping around New York City delivering Uber Eats orders, a job he’s done since 2020. But recently he’s had to work through the added burden of extreme heat, which...
by dankeelan | Jul 9, 2024 | Gig Workers, India, Unions
Suggesting changes to the proposed Gig Workers Bill, likely to be introduced in the ensuing legislature session, trade unions in Karnataka have sought equal representation on the Gig Workers Welfare Board “in the true spirit and letter of tripartism”. While the mode...
by dankeelan | Jul 9, 2024 | Gig Workers
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against a gig work company, saying it misled people about the money they could make on its platform. Arise Virtual Solutions reached a settlement with the FTC, agreeing to pay $7 million to workers the FTC says were harmed...
by dankeelan | Jun 25, 2024 | Gig Workers, Tips
I work full-time for one company from home but do side work for others with no conflict of interest. A while back, a colleague from another company asked me to do some consulting for him. His company falls into the gray area that is not exactly a conflict of interest...
by dankeelan | Jun 25, 2024 | Gig Workers
Today, the gig economy accounts for up to 12% of the global labor market. More than a third of the American workforce has engaged in some form of gig work, and more than five million drivers work for Uber alone. And while platform companies and researchers alike...
by dankeelan | Jun 11, 2024 | California, Featured, Gig Workers
A federal appeals court in California ruled Uber’s challenge to a state law aimed at making transportation gig workers employees instead of independent contractors cannot go forward, handing a major defeat to the tech company as it attempts to control costs....
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