by dankeelan | Dec 21, 2021 | Europe, Gig Workers
European gig workers—such as deliverers and drivers for Uber or Deliveroo—could soon be granted employee status, if some legislators get their way. The European Commission has proposed new rules that would be tough on gig economy companies and pass certain expenses...
by dankeelan | Dec 21, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Tips
In a time of rising prices, the Internal Revenue Service is being a bit more generous with the formula businesses and eligible taxpayers can use when they tally the tax deductions for their work-related miles on the road. On Friday, the IRS released the standard...
by dankeelan | Dec 21, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Gig Workers
A report from the Worker Info Exchange (WIE) slams “woefully inadequate levels of transparency” around the use of machine learning-driven monitoring and management tools in the gig economy. “Weakly enforced” data protection laws have resulted...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Gig Workers, Technology, U.S. Economy
Sixteen percent of Americans have earned money doing household chores and running errands for other people via online apps and websites, according to the Pew Research Center. If people are younger, non-white and poorer, they are more likely to have done online...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Safety
In a major new report on the state of gig work, 16% of U.S. adults tell Pew Research that they’ve earned money through an online gig platform in the past year. Among those, one in three say it’s become their primary job, and nearly 60% add that the income...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
Pa Edrissa Manjang, an Uber driver in the UK, spent a year of his life working for the ride-hailing company before he was abruptly fired by an algorithm. “It wasn’t good at all,” Manjang said in an interview with Worker Info Exchange. “It felt like most of the time...
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