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Gig workers, like those who drive for Uber and deliver for DoorDash, occupy a murky position between employee and independent contractor as defined by labor laws.
Because they are not considered employees, gig workers and their families often have fewer financial protections when they are hurt killed on the job.
A survey found more than half of drivers have either reduced their hours or quit in response to rising fuel costs.
“Time became the thing we identified as the ultimate privilege,” said Atiya Jones, a visual artist in Pittsburgh.
From erroneous terminations to racially biased facial recognition tech, what happens when the robot gets it wrong?
The Labor Department blocked a Trump-era change that would’ve made it easier to classify gig workers as independent contractors.
App-based gig workers for Amazon, Uber, Lyft and more. Here’s how it works.
Uber’s regional general manager said payment for these added benefits won’t come from higher fees for passengers.
Uber drivers in Britain should be classed as “workers” and not self-employed, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Friday.
More people are relying on gig work, which puts a lot of risk on the workers themselves.
