Articles for Gig Companies

How Uber, Lyft avoid unemployment, Social Security, other tax payments.
7 months ago

How Uber, Lyft avoid unemployment, Social Security, other tax payments.

Slate  

For years, worker advocates have been asking: Why should so-called gig corporations get to ignore the rules every other business has to follow? Because Uber and Lyft treat drivers as independent businesses, rather than employees covered by workplace laws, the report estimates that in Massachusetts in 2023 alone, the two companies avoided paying approximately $47 million in unemployment taxes, workers’ …

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Gig Companies Like Uber Always Say They Can’t Pay Workers More. Here’s the Truth.
1 year, 6 months ago

Gig Companies Like Uber Always Say They Can’t Pay Workers More. Here’s the Truth.

Slate  

Last week, New York City finalized a rule setting a minimum pay standard of $17.96 per hour for delivery workers for gig companies like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Postmates. Instead of feeling lucky that for so long they’ve gotten to avoid the laws that every other business has to follow, these companies have expressed great consternation about New York City’s …

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California appeals court reverses most of ruling deeming Prop. 22 invalid
1 year, 9 months ago

California appeals court reverses most of ruling deeming Prop. 22 invalid

LA Times  

A California appeals court has upheld most of Proposition 22, a 2020 ballot measure that treats drivers for ride-hailing and food-delivery companies as independent contractors rather than employees. A California appeals court reversed most of a ruling invalidating Proposition 22, the state’s 2020 voter-approved gig economy law allowing giant ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify their workers as independent contractors …

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UC Riverside should investigate ‘phony’ economics research center, faculty say
1 year, 10 months ago

UC Riverside should investigate ‘phony’ economics research center, faculty say

LA Times  

UC faculty are urging UC Riverside to investigate its relationship with a campus research center run by private consulting firm Beacon Economics that has published reports on issues surrounding state labor policies. Some University of California faculty members are raising the alarm about a research center affiliated with UC Riverside that they say uses corporate funding for reports “attacking proposals …

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Prop. 22: California gig companies, workers get their day in appeals court
2 years ago

Prop. 22: California gig companies, workers get their day in appeals court

LA Times  

Gig workers in front of Los Angeles City Hall hold up signs against Proposition 22 in 2020. For more than a year, the California voter-approved gig economy law known as Proposition 22 has hung in the balance after a judge invalidated the ballot initiative allowing giant ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees. …

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Our expanding gig economy must treat workers fairly
2 years, 11 months ago

Our expanding gig economy must treat workers fairly

Live Mint  

The gig economy and its growing fault lines between gig employees and platform companies are in the news again, with 50 women “partners" of Urban Company’s salon and spa vertical protesting against policy changes that will come into effect from January. The gig economy refers to “economic activity that involves the use of temporary or freelance workers to perform jobs …

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Uber and Lyft drivers call for federal intervention in their gig worker labor fight
3 years, 6 months ago

Uber and Lyft drivers call for federal intervention in their gig worker labor fight

CNN  

New York CNN Business — It’s been more than a year since San Francisco Uber driver Lucas Chamberlain was knocked unconscious by a would-be customer who attacked him during an argument over whether or not the patron was old enough to ride solo. Representatives from both groups said they want the NLRB to reconsider ruling on a gig worker complaint …

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California Supreme Court throws out challenge to Prop. 22
3 years, 10 months ago

California Supreme Court throws out challenge to Prop. 22

LA Times  

The California Supreme Court decided Wednesday not to hear a challenge to Proposition 22. The California Supreme Court threw out a constitutional challenge to Proposition 22, clearing the path for the voter-approved law allowing gig companies to keep treating their workers as independent contractors. The lawsuit that the state Supreme Court declined to hear was filed last month by a …

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What Prop. 22’s defeat would mean for Uber and Lyft — and drivers
4 years, 2 months ago

What Prop. 22’s defeat would mean for Uber and Lyft — and drivers

LA Times  

One way or another, the business of summoning a ride from your phone is likely to look different in California after Nov. 3. Uber, Lyft and other companies bankrolling the initiative say it would improve workers’ quality of life, providing new benefits while preserving their autonomy. Under Proposition 22, workers would also receive reimbursement of 30 cents for each “engaged” …

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Uber, Lyft push Prop. 22 message where you can’t escape it: your phone
4 years, 2 months ago

Uber, Lyft push Prop. 22 message where you can’t escape it: your phone

LA Times  

Felipe Caceres of Mobile Workers Alliance speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles against Proposition 22, the November ballot measure that would classify app-based drivers as independent contractors, exempting them from AB 5. “It’s a case study of what will work and what doesn’t work in real time.” If Uber and Lyft secure a win, their strategy could serve …

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