The California experience and its relevance to current policy debates “The determination of whether an individual performing services is treated as an employee or an independent contractor carries significant consequences …
OSHA Limits Long-Awaited Virus Safety Rule to Health Care (3)
The first nationwide emergency workplace safety rule, requiring health-care employers to protect workers against on-the-job Covid-19 infection, has been published on OSHA’s website. The emergency temporary standard released Thursday applies only in the …
Grubhub Driver’s Appeal Tackles Unsolved California Gig Issues
Former food delivery driver Raef Lawson still wants payback from Grubhub Inc. in one of the earliest lawsuits to define legal fights against gig economy companies in California, even after tectonic shifts …
Uber and Lyft Ramp Up Legislative Efforts to Shield Business Model
Gig economy companies are backing state laws in New York and elsewhere that would cement drivers’ status as contractors in exchange for a union. After California passed a law in 2019 …
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to wage a multi-year, multi-agency effort to combat worker misclassification
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to wage a multi-year, “multi-agency effort to combat worker misclassification,” according to its Fiscal Year 2022 White House budget proposal. Part of its proposal would specifically target …
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other gig companies said California’s Prop 22 would create opportunity for workers of color. A new study says it ‘legalized racial subordination.’
Last year, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Uber-owned Postmates spent a record $203 million to convince California voters to pass Proposition 22, a company-authored ballot measure that let them avoid paying for …
Labor, Gig Companies Near Bargaining Deal in N.Y.
New legislation creating collective bargaining rights for gig-economy workers is poised to be introduced in New York State in the coming weeks, according to the president of the Transport Workers Union. …
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Lawmakers Should Oppose New York’s Uber Bill: Workers need real sectoral bargaining not company unionism
Uber and other gig companies are rushing to pass a bill in the final weeks of Albany’s legislative session that would undermine labor standards for the growing millions of app-based …