by dankeelan | Mar 17, 2026 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
The gig economy has grown to include apps from Uber to Instacart. They don’t all pay the same. Average hourly pay on the apps varied in 2025, according to data analytics company Gridwise, which analyzed about 1 billion tasks across ride-hailing, delivery, and...
by dankeelan | Mar 10, 2026 | Featured, Pay
An estimated 900 city of Detroit employees could see a wage boost this summer, bringing their compensation up to what’s considered a livable wage in Wayne County. The proposed minimum wage increase to $21.45 an hour, or $44,616 a year, for full-time employees...
by dankeelan | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
Uber hide-hailing drivers saw their earnings for 2024 fall 3.4% on average to $513 a week, according to a study released Tuesday by data analytics company Gridwise. At the same time, Uber drivers worked 0.8% more hours in 2024. Lyft drivers, meanwhile, worked...
by dankeelan | Jan 7, 2025 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Walmart and work scheduling platform Branch Messenger for allegedly forcing delivery drivers that are part of the discounter’s gig program to use costly deposit accounts to get paid and mispresented how they...
by dankeelan | Sep 10, 2024 | Benefits, California, Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided, according to state agencies, interviews with workers and a review of wage claims...
by dankeelan | May 28, 2024 | Gig Workers, Pay, U.S. Economy
Metro Detroit-based freelancers brought in more than $3 billion in total revenue last year, according to a new report by Fiverr, an Israeli multinational online marketplace for freelance services. The 80,711 skilled freelancers in metro Detroit made an average of...
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