Gig economy companies like to tout the flexibility and freedom they offer workers, but for the people finding work through companies like Instacart, Uber, DoorDash and Lyft, the economic and… »
Union threatens legal action if government fails to enforce EU safety at work regulations Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Workers in the gig economy are being… »
Postmates and Uber have filed a complaint in California federal district court, alleging that a bill limiting how companies can label workers as independent contractors is unconstitutional. The complaint, which… »
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law gig worker protections bill AB-5. This comes shortly after AB-5 passed in the California State Assembly and Senate. “Today, we are disrupting… »
TUC finds worker rights fading as gig platforms proliferate to employ one in 10 adults Britain’s booming gig economy has more than doubled in size over the past three years… »
Measures include protections for agency workers and heavier fines for malicious employees The government has introduced what it claims to be the biggest package of workplace reforms for 20 years… »
Exclusive: PM targets loophole allowing firms to pay agency workers less than full-time staff Theresa May is pressing ahead with plans to boost the rights of workers in the gig… »
EU health commissioner dismisses AstraZeneca argument it is contractually obliged to supply UK first Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain is on a collision course with… »
EU health commissioner dismisses AstraZeneca argument it is contractually obliged to supply UK first Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain is on a collision course with… »
