Legal Challenges Could Hamper U.S. Rule to Limit Independent Contracting October 12, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Business groups will almost certainly file lawsuits in an attempt to delay or derail a rule proposed by the Biden...
Massachusetts High Court Nixes Gig Worker Ballot Measure Sought by Uber, Lyft June 15, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Transportation and delivery network companies including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart have been dealt a setback in Massachusetts as the...
Seattle Considering Measures to Address Gig Worker Pay, Rights June 1, 2022 The Seattle City Council is voting on the first in a series of policies that would ask app-based companies like...
European Gig Workers Hail ‘Landmark’ Directive to Make Them Employees December 9, 2021 By Jillian Deutsch and Ivan Levingston Millions of platform workers in Europe could be on their way to being designated as employees, a move that labor...
Uber UK Accused of Undermining Court Ruling on Worker Rights November 23, 2021 By Ellen Milligan Nine months after the UK Supreme Court made a crucial decision that effectively forced Uber Technologies Inc. to provide worker...
DoorDash Paying $5M in San Francisco Worker Misclassification Probe November 22, 2021 By Tina Bellon Delivery company DoorDash Inc. is paying more than $5 million to settle an investigation by San Francisco into alleged labor...
Massachusetts Gig Worker Ballot Measure Backers Submit Signatures November 17, 2021 By Nate Raymond Backers of a measure that asks Massachusetts voters to treat drivers for app-based companies like Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft...
Mobility Sector Will Need New Insurance Products to Continue to Grow: Marsh October 18, 2021 For the sharing economy and mobility sectors to continue to grow, they will need new forms of insurance, including programs...
Dutch Court Rules Uber Drivers Are Taxi Employees, Not Contractors September 13, 2021 By Anthony Deutsch and Toby Sterling Uber drivers are employees entitled to greater workers’ rights under local labor laws, a Dutch court ruled on Monday, handing...
Massachusetts Ballot Question Would Stop Short of Declaring Gig Workers Employees August 9, 2021 By Steve LeBlanc Some gig workers and a coalition of app-based businesses including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart are pushing a proposed ballot...