Uber loses appeal against drivers' rights
BBC News, 2017: “The taxi-hailing firm's drivers should get workers' rights including holiday and sick pay, a tribunal rules.
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Should companies like Uber and Airbnb classify their workers as employees (or self employed contractors)?
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Why Ageism Never Gets Old
The New Yorker, 2017: "The prejudice is an ancient habit, but new forces—in Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and beyond—have restored its youthful vital...
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GrubHub Drivers Ruled Contractors in Gig-Economy Milestone - Bloomberg
In a significant court decision on the status of so-called gig-economy workers, a federal judge ruled drivers for GrubHub Inc. are independent cont...
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Agile Billing Guarantees Your Income — Smashing Magazine
For most creative professionals, this story is a familiar one: A client reaches out to you. They need a name, or a logo, or a website, or an app. A...
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Will Work For No Benefits: The Challenges Of Being In The New Contract Workforce | NPR
A new NPR/Marist poll shows that more than half of contract workers don't get employee benefits. "We really don't have much of a social safety net,...
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The Curious Life of an Extra | The Atlantic
Playing bystanders and party guests was supposed to be a temporary gig. It turned into a viable, and surprisingly fulfilling, way to make a living....
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Court Transforms Test for Who Is an Employee
California workers and companies have a new test to determine whether someone should be classified as an employee or independent contractor under s...
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Airbnb wants to give its hosts equity in its business – TechCrunch
Airbnb wants to give the homeowners who power its service the opportunity to own a piece of its business. That’s why, as Axios reports, the $31-bil...
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California passes AB5 bill to regulate Uber, Lyft and the gig economy - Vox
Senate lawmakers passed a controversial bill, known as AB 5, after months of uproar from businesses and gig companies such as Uber and Lyft. The bi...
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Inside Google’s Shadow Workforce - Bloomberg
About half of Google’s workers are contractors who don’t receive the same benefits as direct employees
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An Alternative History of Silicon Valley Disruption | WIRED
Three recent books challenge the tech industry's myths of self-reliance and prescience.
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Uber CEO on the fight in California: ‘We can’t go out and hire 50,000 people overnight’
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company is not capable of employing all of its drivers in California, as it was ordered to do by a state judge....
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Instacart’s Gig Workers Are Planning a Massive, Nationwide Strike
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the grocery delivery company has refused to offer its 175,000 gig workers basic protections like hazard pay, hand sa...
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