SAN FRANCISCO (Northern California Record) – Postmates recently moved a class action from a state court to a federal court as the courier delivery service grapples with a California Supreme Court decision earlier this spring that complicates how gig economy companies define independent contractors. … Lee filed her case days after the California Supreme Court …
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Square’s Caviar agrees to pay $2.2 million to settle class-action lawsuit over gratuity
Square, the payments company led by Jack Dorsey, has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving its on-demand food delivery service, Caviar . Today, customers who ordered food from Caviar between January 20, 2012 and August 31, 2015 received a notice of the proposed class-action settlement. As part of the settlement, which TechCrunch has …
Deliveroo employees are getting shares, riders are getting nothing
Food delivery startup Deliveroo is feeling generous today. The company is handing out equity to all full-time staff members. In other words, 2,000 employees are going to receive the equivalent of $13.5 million in Deliveroo shares. “Our phenomenal growth and success has been made possible thanks to the hard work, commitment and passion of the people who make this …
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New court ruling could force Uber, Lyft to convert drivers to employees
The California Supreme Court has ruled that it will now be harder for employers to formally classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees. The court’s Monday opinion in Dynamex v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County could have a profound impact on many tech companies like Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and others that provide on-demand services. Dynamex is …
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How Restaurants Can Tap Into Full-Time Delivery Staff
Restaurants are designed to cook great food — not operate delivery networks. “They are not meant to be logistics companies,” EatStreet CEO and Co-Founder Matt Howard told PYMNTS in an interview. As a result, EatStreet doesn’t just provide an app and online services to enable restaurants to offer takeout and food delivery: It’s starting to offer drivers to …
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Delivery Hero court case a litmus test for startup governance
Employees of Delivery Hero, the German equivalent of Grubhub, are calling for better working conditions. A court decision could strengthen their case, and affect how much power German startups have to share with labor. …Delivery Hero, the German equivalent of Grubhub in the US, operates delivery platforms in over 40 countries with over 150,000 worldwide …
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MAKE MORE MONEY ON YOUR UBER OR LYFT SIDE HUSTLE WITH MYSTRO
…The app, conceived by a former driver, Herb Coakley, now the founder and CEO of the company, stated that about two years ago while taking a break from his Hollywood career, he decided to pursue a tech idea after becoming an Uber and Lyft driver. Wanting to accept more rides, Coakley put the idea into motion and was …
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Rideshare Drivers Flocking to On-Demand Economy, Poll Shows
…The on-demand economy, according to TheOnDemandEconomy.org, is defined as the economic activity created by digital marketplaces that fulfill consumer demand with immediate access to goods and services. …The poll shows that nearly eight-in-10 rideshare drivers have signed up with two or more services, and we’re not just talking about Uber and Lyft. …The poll also …
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Delivering Yourself? Good Luck Finding Drivers
The labor situation is difficult, and restaurateurs looking to get into the delivery game themselves have an especially difficult task. …By his and Dickey’s math, it takes six to eight deliveries to break even and be as economical as catering. But getting someone to make those deliveries is tricky. “Just trying to hire people, that’s …
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Judge rules Grubhub properly classified delivery driver as independent contractor
A few months after hearing closing arguments in the Lawson v. Grubhub case, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley has ruled Raef Lawson, the plaintiff, was indeed an independent contractor while driving and delivering food for Grubhub. …A key element of the case centered around the Borello test, which looks at circumstances like whether the work performed is …
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