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The U.S. Department of Labor finalized a rule Wednesday that could be a boon to app-based gig companies while potentially costing American workers billions of dollars...
The Trump administration made it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors, a victory for gig-economy companies such as food-delivery and ride-sharing services and...
BARCELONA—Gig-economy companies in Europe, under pressure over employment rights, are looking to strike labor agreements that give workers some benefits but stop short of making them...
Californians this week will start to see the effects of Proposition 22, the ballot measure that 58% of the state’s voters passed in November. The measure...
The coronavirus pandemic has given a massive boost to grocery delivery and created new jobs because of the need to fulfill and deliver more orders than...
WASHINGTON—Privately held online platform companies such as DoorDash and UrbanSitter could pay their workers partially in stock under a rule proposed Tuesday by the Securities and...
One of the biggest questions for investors and the business community is how corporations step up to address the simultaneous, devastating public health and economic impacts...
Side gig. Side job. Side hustle. It goes by many names and serves many purposes. For some, it’s a way to keep the lights on. For...
Gig workers are in for some changes under the Biden administration. For starters, President-elect Joe Biden promised on his campaign website to “ensure workers in the...
Uber, having prevailed in passing an expensive ballot measure that exempts it from California labor laws, wants to take its new model and message around the...
