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20 members of Congress personally invest in top weapons contractors that'll profit from the just-passed $40 billion Ukraine aid package
War is "big business to our leaders," says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of 20 lawmakers Insider…
Kimberly Leonard
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Delivery drivers for a contractor serving companies like Walmart say their tips are reportedly being stolen to cover part of their guaranteed wages
Point Pickup, a delivery contractor whose customers include Walmart, diverts tips to help cover dri…
Sarah Jackson
1 min read
Uber drops 2% after the UK Supreme Court rules that its drivers are employees, not contractors
The ruling could have wide ramifications for workers and companies within the gig economy across Eu…
Matthew Fox
2 mins read
An Amazon warehouse's IPO plans show how loyalty to the e-commerce giant can breed success for its contractors
The company, ROX Financial, wants to take a single Amazon warehouse public and lease even more prop…
Katie Canales
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John Oliver slammed Vince McMahon over wrestlers' lack of benefits and status as 'independent contractors' - WWE claims he 'simply ignored the facts'
Oliver notes that the company's claim that wrestlers are independent contractors is flimsy when com…
Tyler Lauletta
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How to seamlessly blend freelancers, contractors, and consultants into your company culture and workflow
Flexible workers can provide cost savings, but it's important to approach a talent strategy change …
Dominick Reuter
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California's Assembly Bill 5 drastically affects gig economy companies like Uber and DoorDash. This is what an independent contractor actually is, and how it's classified under the new law.
Saying a worker is an independent contractor does not make it so. State and federal laws and regula…
Ann Margius, JD
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A California judge ruled that Uber and Lyft have to classify their drivers as employees, not contractors
Uber and Lyft are expected to appeal Monday's ruling, and have argued that reclassifying drivers as…
Aaron Holmes
4 mins read
Uber and Lyft faced tough questions from California judges as they seek to keep classifying drivers as contractors
Lawyers for Uber, Lyft, and California squared off over a recent court ruling that would force the …
Tyler Sonnemaker
3 mins read
Here are all the ways Uber and Lyft are fighting a California law that classifies drivers as employees, not contractors
With time running out to challenge California's hotly-debated AB5 gig worker law, Uber and Lyft are…
Katie Canales
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A trucking giant quietly agreed to shell out $28 million to its truck drivers — and it could be a 'wake-up call' on how the industry pays them
The case and its settlement could set a precedent for truck drivers who say their companies aren't …
Rachel Premack
3 mins read
Contractors working on Trump's border wall illegally smuggled in armed Mexican guards to protect construction sites, whistleblower complaint says
The complaint accused two companies building the wall in San Diego of hiring "unvetted" Mexican gua…
Mia Jankowicz
4 mins read
A QAnon harassment campaign led to a noose being left at the home of a young Dominion contractor, according to a Georgia official
A QAnon harassment campaign based on a conspiracy theory boosted by Trump led to death threats aime…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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San Francisco's District Attorney is suing DoorDash for classifying workers as contractors instead of employees despite AB5 gig-worker law
DoorDash said the lawsuit — which calls for the delivery workers to count as employees — "seeks to …
Katie Canales
8 mins read
Here's what every small business needs to know about California's Assembly Bill 5 if they work with contractors or freelancers
For freelancers - writers, designers, editors, and so forth - keep close track of how many pieces e…
Abby Wolfe
4 mins read
A major grocery store called its workers 'first responders' early in the pandemic. Now, it's making the 'strategic decision' to ditch in-house delivery in favor of contractors.
The change is happening in the wake of California voters passing Prop 22, which DoorDash and other …
Tyler Sonnemaker
4 mins read
The US Army just gave a contractor with a history of GOP donations $569 million to build parts of Trump's border wall
BFBC has given thousands of dollars to Republican political candidates, and is being paid an above-…
Grace Panetta
5 mins read
WeWork criticized by some of its tenants in a letter to leadership after 5 cleaning contractors were fired
Jonathan Castillo was a supervisor hired by CCM, where he had worked for almost two years before he…
Mary Meisenzahl
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California's contractor law was aimed at Uber and Lyft, but it could cause much bigger problems for food delivery startups
Another unforeseen casualty could be more traditional industries that have relied on contract worke…
Megan Hernbroth
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Rev contractors say they had to transcribe sexual assault and sensitive audio regarding children without receiving a warning
As audio files get sent into Rev, the most experienced transcriptionists get first picks, according…