Why Sharing Economy Firms Just Might Be the Best Insurance Customers May 5, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Imagine insurance customers who actually enjoy meeting with their insurance broker. Customers who see insurance not as a nuisance mandate...
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...
COVID-19 Highlights Need for Protections for Millions of Homeworkers January 13, 2021 By Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation The dramatic global shift to remote working during COVID-19 lockdowns has underscored an urgent need for greater protections for homeworkers,...
Companies Hope to Take California Gig Worker Classification Law Nationwide November 8, 2020 By Tina Bellon and Munsif Vengattil Gig economy companies want to turn California voters’ decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation,...
Lawsuit Alleges Uber Uses ‘Biased’ Rider Ratings to Fire Drivers October 27, 2020 By Josh Eidelson Uber Technologies Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of violating the U.S. Civil Rights Act by firing minority drivers based...
New York Court Rules Gig Drivers Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Benefits March 27, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Drivers for the online food delivery service Postmates Inc. are employees who are eligible for state unemployment insurance, New York’s...
Uber Drivers Take Backseat in Clash Between Safety and Customer Privacy March 11, 2020 By Tina Bellon Margaret Bordelon can still feel the hands of the drunk man who tried to pull her in for a kiss...
Truckers Are Exempt from California’s ‘Gig Worker’ Law, Judge Finds January 10, 2020 By Lisa Baertlein California’s new “gig worker” law does not apply to independent truck drivers because they are subject to federal statute, a...
Supreme Court Lets Stand American Family Ruling Agents Are Independent Contractors December 12, 2019 The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal brought by insurance agents of American Family Insurance Co....
More Than $270K in Fines Issued Against Firms in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania November 22, 2019 Investigations by the Connecticut Department of Labor’s Wage and Workplace Standards Division into complaints of workers being improperly employed at...