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New Jersey Insurance Law on Ride-Hailing Does Not Apply to Food Delivery: Court

A New Jersey court has ruled that an insurer is not required to provide coverage to an Uber Eats food delivery driver under the state’s law requiring app-based transport services to provide underinsured motorist for their drivers. The law requiring …

Grubhub Drivers Are Not Exempt From Arbitration, Massachusetts High Court Rules

On-demand delivery drivers for Grubhub are subject to the company’s mandatory arbitration clauses in their contracts, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in overturning a lower court that found the drivers were entitled to an exemption under federal law. …

Unions Divided Over Big Gig Firms’ Lobbying for State Worker Laws, Benefits

Uber and other gig economy companies are trying a new approach to ending their battles with unions, and getting ahead of possible federal regulation that could upend their business based on classifying workers as independent contractors. In New York, for …

U.K. Food Delivery Service Riders Lose Employment Rights Bid

A trade union lost a U.K. court bid for the right to lobby Deliveroo over pay and conditions on behalf of the food-delivery service’s riders, in a rare setback for workers in the so-called gig economy. The Independent Workers Union …

General Star, AmWINS Partner on New Food Delivery Insurance Program

General Star Management Company has launched a food delivery insurance program through its General Star Programs Unit. AmWINS Program Underwriters will administer the program designed for hired and non-owned auto liability risks engaged in food delivery services. The Food Delivery …