Prop 22 Passes in California
With official results for the Presidential race still pending, California...
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With official results for the Presidential race still pending, California...
Amidst the pandemic and its widespread economic consequences, New York City Mayor Bill de...
It was supposed to be the first union for food delivery app couriers in North America. In...
So-called “gig-economy” workers are on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic. Instacart and...
This is the second part of a two-part post on AB5. A concern that has been articulated about...
The battle for the gig economy’s future is underway in California. The fight is over a proposed...
Last week, a coalition of 75 professors from across the country sent a letter to California lawmakers in support of AB5. AB5, which will soon be voted on in the California Senate, codifies the legal standard articulated in Dynamex v. Superior Court (2018) and extends it to all California employment laws. In Dynamex, the Court created a presumption of employee status and set forth a simplified legal standard (“ABC” test) for an entity attempting to classify workers as independent contractors.
David Streitfeld has a great story in the NYT this morning about life as an Uber driver and the...
Last spring, the California Supreme Court sent shockwaves through the gig economy with its...
The Fifth Circuit recently ruled that the fast-food chain In-N-Out Burger violated the National...
“Gig economy” or “online platform” companies that provide personal labor services—Uber, Lyft,...
Starting tomorrow, no Costco employee will earn below $14 an hour. While some locations...