June 27th 2022
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The central legal conundrum for labor law when it encounters platform or ‘gig’ work is one of legal classification. The distinction between ‘employee’ and ‘independent contractor’ is as old as labor law itself, and it is based on presumptions that fit uneasily when...
It was supposed to be the first union for food delivery app couriers in North America. In February 2020, the labor relations board for the Canadian province of Ontario found that couriers working for Foodora, a food delivery app, were eligible to unionize. Yet,...
In February, food-delivery app Foodora's workers won the right to unionize in Canada after a precedent-setting ruling from the provincial labor board that the workers had been misclassified as independent contractors. This ruling was the first of its kind for gig...