by dankeelan | Jul 14, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
Instead of being paid a set rate per order, an algorithm will weigh how busy a store is, how bad street traffic is and other factors to set the pay for an order. Algorithms are foundational to how gig platforms like Uber or Instacart do business. Most users are...
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 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay, Safety
Instacart, the on-demand, grocery-delivery company, was a big beneficiary of the Covid-19 pandemic. A combination of being ordered to stay at home, coupled with peoples’ fear of catching the virus by venturing outside to shop for food, served as a big score for...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay, Seattle
City Councilmembers voted unanimously Monday for legislation to provide premium pay for gig workers at food delivery companies in the city during the COVID-19 crisis. Council Bill 119799 directs food delivery network companies like Postmates and Grubhub to provide gig...
by dankeelan | Feb 12, 2020 | Gender, Pay
Female freelancers in India earn better than women in a regular workforce, according to Payoneer’s 2020 Global Freelancer Income Report. A freelancing woman earns on average 84 per cent of what a man earns while, according to the World Economic Forum, globally, it is...
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