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Italy's Delivery Riders Keep Winning in Court but Losing on the Streets
Deliveroo's Italian Arm Placed Under Supervision Over Alleged Labour Exploitation
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70% of UK Gig Workers Are Denied Access to Financial Services – a Catalyst for Change
Date: March 20, 2023
By Ali Hamriti, CEO and Co-Founder at Rollee Independent workers are a swiftly growing group of employees who contribute a substantial £20bn to the UK economy each year. With ongoing economic uncertainty amid the current cost-of-living crisis, we have witnessed financial pressures escalate for many people, 5.2 million of which have since taken on extra...
Uber, Lyft Slump as U.S. Proposal on Workers a Potential Blow to Gig Economy
Date: October 11, 2022
(Reuters) – Shares of Uber Inc, Lyft Inc and Doordash Inc fell about 10% on Tuesday on fears that a U.S. proposal to deter companies from treating workers as independent contractors would raise costs for the barely profitable firms. The U.S. Labor Department’s proposal will require workers to be considered a company’s employees – who...
Should You Be Self-Employed? Today’s Gig Economy Says Yes.
Date: October 5, 2022
By: William Ellermeyer, founder, Ellermeyer Connect Over the past 10 years we have seen the emergence of a whole segment of work we now call “fractional,” as in a fractional chief financial officer CFO or fractional chief information officer CIO. Gene Siciliano, a former CPA and seasoned CFO, came to realize in 1986 that there...
Deliveroo’s UK Riders Win Collective Bargaining Rights Under Union Deal
Date: May 12, 2022
(Reuters) – Deliveroo said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with trade union GMB to give the food delivery firm’s 90,000 self-employed riders in Britain the rights to collective bargaining on pay and consultation on benefits. The British company said a pay floor will be guaranteed to riders as part of the deal and...
Uber Drivers Are Employees, Not Contractors, Says Dutch Court
Date: September 14, 2021
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Why Recruiters Need to Embrace the Gig Economy
Date: August 30, 2018
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