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Seattle becomes first US city to set minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers
The "Pay Up" bill will set the minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers in line with Seattle's r…
Urooba Jamal
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Inside healthcare's gig economy
These are Business Insider's biggest healthcare stories for November 24.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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On-demand laundry service Sudshare raises $10 million in bid to have gig workers clean other people's clothes from their homes
Sudshare uses contract workers who pick up, clean and drop off peoples' laundry. It says it's profi…
Tom Dotan
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Amazon delivery drivers reportedly say their plot to outsmart the company's system to land orders by hanging smartphones in trees has been foiled
The drivers placed phones in trees outside of Whole Foods stores to be chosen first to deliver orde…
Katie Canales
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Gig economy is dominated by millennials but women make up for less than a third of the workforce
The number of active gig workers have increased by at least 50% in the last five months, as per Tas…
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In a post-Covid world, more companies will engage freelancers, says Deloitte
India Inc is still coping with the uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic. The organisations had …
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A quarter of Indian gig workers’ salaries grew by 50% in the last one year
An overall growth of 150% was recorded in the payments/salaries to gig workers between October 2021…
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Gig economy added 40,000 new women workers, but at low wages
More women are finding work, thanks to the increasing gig economy but they are being paid less, wid…
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Betterment is partnering with a company backed by Shaq to help gig economy workers manage their finances
The aim is to help independent workers prepare for retirement and maximize their earnings. "When we…
Madeline Shi
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Gig-economy workers like Uber and Lyft drivers may be skewing low unemployment numbers
Another reason why headline unemployment may not account for gig workers is due to the use of surve…
Allana Akhtar
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Pete Buttigieg says gig workers should be allowed to unionize during Democratic debate
Seattle became the first city to allow ride-share drivers to unionize in 2015, though there have be…
Lauren Frias
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Uber, DoorDash and other gig-economy stocks fall after US labor secretary says most gig workers should be classified as employees
"We are looking at it but in a lot of cases gig workers should be classified as employees," Walsh s…
Will Daniel
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Uber drivers say the company is taking hundreds of dollars from their paychecks to pay airport-issued tickets the drivers didn't know existed
Airports have issued thousands of citations to drivers, amounting to Uber paying millions by using …
Katie Canales
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2 US senators just demanded Amazon stop spying on its workers via social media after news surfaced that the tech giant was monitoring drivers' plans to protest or strike
The "magnitude of this surveillance" is "extremely disturbing," Senators Ron Wyden and Sherrod Brow…
Katie Canales
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In India, Flipkart tops the ‘fairness’ quotient for gig economy workers: Report
With a number of Indians entering the gig economy, which includes workforce that is remotely man…
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SteadyPay raises $4 million to help gig economy workers stay afloat with salary top-ups
SteadyPay users are charged a weekly £4 (or $5.20) subscription fee. Based on an analysis of their …
Martin Coulter
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Pete Buttigieg just called out Uber and McDonald's for their treatment of workers - and said beefing up unions is the best way to protect them
"Companies like Google should not be able to hire contractors - from janitors to food service worke…
Allana Akhtar
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This is how insurance is changing for gig workers and freelancers
A number of insurtech startups - including UK-based Dinghy, which focuses on liability insurance, a…
Lea Nonninger
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This is how insurance is changing for gig workers and freelancers
A number of insurtech startups - including UK-based Dinghy, which focuses on liability insurance, a…