An unholy alliance of on-demand companies is desperately trying to stop a California bill from reclassifying their independent contractors as employees. Last week, the California Senate’s Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee held a hearing and passed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which promises to make it harder for companies to claim workers are independent contractors …
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…The upshot of all of this is that it’s remarkably difficult for rideshare drivers to make minimum wage, which has led to the recent push in the California assembly to reclassify them as employees, rather than independent contractors. This would mandate minimum wages, health benefits, and sick leave — and could cost Uber and Lyft …
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It was clear almost from the first that the California Supreme Court, in a ruling in April 2018, threw the business models of Uber and Lyft companies for a loop. The thrust of the ruling was that drivers for those companies had been improperly classified as “independent contractors” when in fact they’re employees, entitled to …
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If the last year was was all about restaurants realizing they must do delivery, the next 12 months will be about how they’re doing it, and this question in particular: Do you go with a third-party service à la Uber Eats, or go it alone? Those in favor of third-party delivery cite increased visibility, lower costs (you don’t have …
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Ways to best benefit your local businesses and delivery workers Online food delivery services canoften provide a valuable service, especially when you plan to order ahead, put in a larger order, have specific dietary requests, are unable to pick up an order, or can only pay with a credit card. For restaurants, it can also …
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FOND DU LAC – Local restaurant lovers have a new way to get their favorites delivered to their door. EatStreet, a website and app where customers can order food from restaurants throughout their city and have it delivered, launched this week in Fond du Lac. The Wisconsin-based business was started in 2010 by three University of …
There’s seemingly no end in sight for DoorDash’s compensation model where it subsidizes driver wages with customer tips. The mildly bright side, however, is that DoorDash is now providing more transparency after each completed delivery, DoorDash CEO Tony Xu wrote in a blog post today. “With our current pay model, Dashers see a guaranteed minimum — including tips — prior to accepting a …
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SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Fearing a proposed California law that would clarify that drivers for Uber and Lyft are employees, the companies are sending messages to drivers through the apps they use to work asking them to oppose the law. “When I press to go with Uber, I get a notification and the notification …
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French Uber Eats couriers are outsourcing their jobs to undocumented immigrants, and reaping the profits In the latest edition of “late capitalism is a doozy,” the New York Times has a report on Uber Eats couriers in France who are essentially pulling a more dastardly Tom Sawyer, farming out their work to undocumented immigrants, and keeping the …
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Waitr (WTRH) wants to give Uber Eats a run for its money. Founded in 2013, the app-based online food delivery company now operates in about 700 U.S. cities in mainly small or medium-sized markets. But Waitr differs from Uber (UBER) in a key way: Rather than hiring drivers as independent contractors, the Louisiana-based company employs …
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