“The nature of work is changing, with workers enduring increasingly precarious working conditions without any safety net. In response, this Article proposes a new “Concentric Circle framework” which would improve …
San Diego Closer to Win on Making Instacart Reclassify Workers
Instacart will likely have to reclassify its full-time Shoppers as employees rather than independent contractors, after a state court judge issued a tentative ruling Friday morning granting San Diego’s request …
Judge orders thousands of DoorDash cases to arbitration, costing delivery company millions
A federal judge ordered San Francisco food-delivery company DoorDash to arbitrate over 5,000 actions brought by its delivery drivers in a move that could cost the company millions of dollars. …
Lydia Olson, et al. v. State of California, et al.
On January 8, 2020, Plaintiffs Lydia Olson, Miguel Perez, Postmates Inc. (“Postmates”), and Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction requesting that the Court enjoin the enforcement …
Uber Urges California Court to End Law That Gives Gig Workers Benefits
Uber Technologies Inc. wants to smother what the company calls California’s “Frankenstein” gig-worker protection law before state officials turn it loose. Uber and Postmates Inc. are scheduled Friday to ask a federal …
Ringing the Alarm at the NLRB
Since the National Labor Relations Board’s takeover by Trump appointees, the NLRB, led by Chairman John Ring, has departed from its mission and historical practice, has issued decisions that fail …
BILL: H.R.2474 – Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act and related labor laws to extend protections to union workers. Specifically, it revises the definition of “employee” and “supervisor” to prevent employers …
House Democrats Poised To Pass Major Labor Reforms Boosting Unions
The House is set to vote Thursday on a sweeping plan to overhaul U.S. workplace law in a way that could grow union membership and rejuvenate an ailing labor movement. …
YOUTUBE MODERATORS ARE BEING FORCED TO SIGN A STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THE JOB CAN GIVE THEM PTSD
Content moderators for YouTube are being ordered to sign a document acknowledging that performing the job can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to interviews with employees and documents obtained …
Rising temperatures put more US workers at risk of dying from heat
Though the climate crisis is creating conditions where workers are facing hotter temperatures on a more frequent basis, there are no federal safety protections for workers in extreme temperatures, and only …
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