Workers rights in the gig economy

BBC News, 2017: “The taxi-hailing firm's drivers should get workers' rights including holiday and sick pay, a tribunal rules. (2017)

The New Yorker, 2017: "The prejudice is an ancient habit, but new forces—in Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and beyond—have restored its youthful vital... (2017)

In a significant court decision on the status of so-called gig-economy workers, a federal judge ruled drivers for GrubHub Inc. are independent cont... (2018)

For most creative professionals, this story is a familiar one: A client reaches out to you. They need a name, or a logo, or a website, or an app. A... (2013)

A new NPR/Marist poll shows that more than half of contract workers don't get employee benefits. "We really don't have much of a social safety net,... (2018)

Playing bystanders and party guests was supposed to be a temporary gig. It turned into a viable, and surprisingly fulfilling, way to make a living.... (2018)

California workers and companies have a new test to determine whether someone should be classified as an employee or independent contractor under s... (2018)

Airbnb wants to give the homeowners who power its service the opportunity to own a piece of its business. That’s why, as Axios reports, the $31-bil... (2018)

Senate lawmakers passed a controversial bill, known as AB 5, after months of uproar from businesses and gig companies such as Uber and Lyft. The bi... (2019)

About half of Google’s workers are contractors who don’t receive the same benefits as direct employees (2018)

Three recent books challenge the tech industry's myths of self-reliance and prescience. (2018)

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company is not capable of employing all of its drivers in California, as it was ordered to do by a state judge.... (2020)

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the grocery delivery company has refused to offer its 175,000 gig workers basic protections like hazard pay, hand sa... (2020)