Gig workers in California who drive for Uber, Lyft and other rideshare and delivery platforms have filed a lawsuit in the state’s Supreme Court seeking to overturn Proposition 22, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday (Jan. 13). The California ballot initiative Prop 22 was upheld...
Albertsons supermarket chain is reportedly laying off some of its unionized delivery drivers and instead teaming with DoorDash for deliveries, according to a report in SFGate on Wednesday (Jan. 6). Albertsons is the second-largest supermarket chain after Krogers, with more than 2,700 stores and 18...
Pressure over employment rights in Europe has prompted food delivery and rideshare firms like Uber and Deliveroo to open negotiations with unions and labor groups, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (Dec. 30). The move is intended to sidestep legislation that would reclassify European...
Grubhub drivers are fuming over a new company policy that has led to dramatically reduced tipping, the Financial Times reported, citing exchanges with drivers and posts by other drivers on the Reddit social media platform. In November, California voters, by a margin of about 58...
The digital-first economy has spawned many new business models, and one that has taken flight during this end-of-the-year period is on-demand retail partnerships. They come in two flavors. In the first one, a service company partners with a retailer to be an exclusive on-demand service...
Amid the commission caps, and amid the pandemic’s tailwind that has spurred a great digital shift toward food delivery through online channels – might eateries and aggregators be partnering to navigate a post-COVID future? With data sharing, to boot. To that end, as reported on...
Gig workers for Uber and others in California will start getting benefits, but consumers will pay the price in additional fees, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Dec. 14). Proposition 22, upheld by California voters, said Uber and others in the gig economy could keep...
Uber and Lyft claimed victory in California on Election Day when Proposition 22 was upheld by voters, but despite the win, battles are still brewing over how gig workers should be classified, according to a report from The New York Times. The ballot measure was...
On Tuesday (Nov. 3), California voters gave the nod to statewide ballot initiative Proposition 22, which allows app-based companies, such as ride-hailing firms and other gig economy firms, to classify workers as contractors rather than employees. The vote was not even close, as 58 percent...
