I’ve been reading Alex Rosenblat’s excellent work on Uber, and want to emphasize one of her findings, a finding that is highly relevant to the employment question but one that we haven’t highlighted sufficiently on the blog. (For other covera... More »
The United Auto Workers announced Tuesday that employees at a Nissan plant in Mississippi have filed a petition for a union election. The New York Times reports that the U.A.W. has been working to unionize the plant since 2012 and criticized, in a statement, ... More »
I thought readers would appreciate the opening paragraph of a new article on regulating ridesharing platforms: In 1933, Elizabeth Rhone called Try Me Cab Company’s advertised phone number to order a cab. The company dispatched a vehicle bearing its logo. Unfor... More »
South Africa’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), in an in limine ruling, has found that Uber drivers in South Africa are employees within the meaning of the law. The order is available here. The facts found relevant by the ... More »
The June jobs report was released this morning. There’s coverage here and here. In anticipation of the report, coverage in major papers this week remarked on the economy’s continued slow expansion and the slower-than-last-year jobs growth in the first five mon... More »
In the wake of CEO Travis Kalanick’s resignation last week, Uber is pleading with its employees to stay on with the company. According to the Wall Street Journal, some Uber employees are considering leaving the company after the tumultuous last few months; ot... More »
Lost in the extensive coverage of Travis Kalanick’s resignation is the news that Uber is adding an in-app tip option. According to the Washington Post, the option is already available in Houston, Minneapolis, and Seattle, and should be part of the app n... More »
The answer: No. Through Shahani’s reporting, Uber drivers give clear voice to the key legal arguments about employment status. The picture of control that emerges from these interviews is unmistakable. It’s a terrific piece – and a highly r... More »
The Supreme Court has been asked to reconsider whether arrangements requiring non-union employees in the public sector to pay fair share or agency fees violate the First Amendment of the Constitution. Yesterday, Mark Janus, an Illinois state employee, petitio... More »
Yesterday, a New York Assembly Member and the Independent Drivers Guild (IDG) called for an investigation into ride-hailing company Lyft for allegedly cheating drivers out of certain wages. They claim the company is deducting New York State sales taxes and a “... More »
President Trump released his budget yesterday, and it proposed sharp reductions in spending for entitlement programs. The budget also included a cut of 19.8 percent in funding for the Department of Labor. Despite decreases in funding to the Department, the b... More »
Noncompete agreements — once limited to senior executives — are now a widespread practice, locking in almost one fifth of American workers. This includes low-wage workers at fast-food chains and factories. A recent report from The New York Times revealed how... More »