by dankeelan | Aug 31, 2020 | Gig Workers, Legal, U.S. Economy
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announced a lawsuit Thursday against Instacart, claiming the grocery delivery service collected millions of dollars by deceiving customers into thinking that an optional service fee would be used as a tip for...
by dankeelan | Aug 4, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Legal
The Minneapolis City Council approved an ordinance that will offer protections to freelance workers and independent contractors. According to the city, more than 33% of independent contractors who responded to a survey said they lost income in the last 12 months due...
by dankeelan | Jul 28, 2020 | Diversity, Gender, Legal
Hayley’s case is thought to be the first to test LGBT+ rights and discrimination in the gig economy. This case focuses on dignity at work – a critical issue for those working for both established businesses and new gig economy companies. Until January,...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Gig Workers, Legal, Pay
A caravan of around 50 Uber and Lyft drivers cruised down a quiet street in San Francisco’s ritzy Pacific Heights’ neighborhood and parked in front of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s home. One white van with a “Black Lives Matter” sign...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Future of Work, Legal
When a Walmart associate named Jacqueline Cote filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2014 contending that the company was discriminating against her by denying health insurance benefits to her same-sex spouse, it signaled the...
by dankeelan | Jun 2, 2020 | California, Legal
On January 1, 2020, California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) went into effect, drastically curtailing Californians’ freedom to work on their own terms as freelancers. The law, which was written by the AFL-CIO, presents many freelancers in the state with only two...
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