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...
Judge Lets Massachusetts Claims Over Uber, Lyft Driver Classification Proceed March 26, 2021 By Tina Bellon A Massachusetts judge on Thursday denied a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general challenging Uber’s and...
Lawmakers Look to Spruce Up Gig Work Rather Than Replace It March 19, 2021 By Josh Eidelson Last week in Washington, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House passed a sweeping labor law overhaul that would make it much easier...
Uber Reclassifies 70,000 UK Drivers as Workers – Providing Minimum Wage, Benefits March 17, 2021 By Ellen Milligan Uber Technologies Inc. will reclassify all 70,000 of its UK drivers as workers, entitling them to the minimum wage, vacation...
Uber’s UK Court Loss Likely to Trigger More Complaints from Gig Workers Across Europe February 22, 2021 By Ellen Milligan, Amy Thomson and Natalia Drozdiak Uber Technologies Inc.’s defeat in a UK legal battle over the way it treats its drivers is set to trigger...
UK Court Rules Uber Drivers Should Be Classed as Workers, in Blow to Business Model February 19, 2021 By Costas Pitas LONDON – A group of Uber drivers are entitled to worker rights such as the minimum wage, Britain’s Supreme Court...
UK Supreme Court to Rule This Week on Workers’ Rights for Uber Drivers February 15, 2021 By Costas Pitas LONDON — Britain’s Supreme Court will announce a decision on Feb. 19 in a case regarding workers’ rights at taxi...
Delivery Company Offers Gig Workers $25 to Get COVID Vaccine January 15, 2021 By Uday Sampath Grocery delivery company Instacart said on Thursday it would pay $25 to its over half-a-million gig workers if they chose...