Waitr will lay off 2,300 Louisiana employees in April as the restaurant delivery company transitions drivers from hourly employees to independent contractors. The Louisiana Workforce Commission released details on Monday from a legally required notice filed by Waitr earlier this month. Waitr will be instituting a layoff for all of its drivers in every market across …
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Domino’s Eyes $2.6M Fees Over ‘Baseless’ Menu Patent Suit
Domino’s Pizza has told a California federal court that it is entitled to fees after beating an infringement suit lodged by the owner of several online menu patents, featuring destroyed evidence, lies from the company’s president and “baseless” allegations. more
New Laws Would Ban Delivery Apps From Adding Restaurants Without Their Permission
A frustrated tweet from a San Francisco restaurant owner might have started the ball rolling on a new set of laws, as legislators in California and Rhode Island are now mulling proposed regulations for food delivery companies that would include a ban on listings for restaurants that haven’t officially partnered with the company. The tale is …
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Proposed RI bill would fine delivery providers for listing non-partnered restaurants
UPDATE, Feb. 12, 2020: This story has been updated with additional comments from DoorDash. Dive Brief: Rhode Island legislators are considering a bill that would ban third-party delivery apps from listing non-partnered restaurants on their sites without written consent, according to WPRI.com. If passed, it would fine these delivery providers $1,000 each day the violation occurs, and …
Rhode Island’s Proposed Bill Would Ban Delivery Services From Listing Non-Partnered Restaurants
Rhode Island legislators have introduced a bill that would ban the likes of Grubhub, DoorDash, and Postmates from listing non-partnered restaurants on their sites without prior written consent, according to Restaurant Dive. The bill was scheduled for consideration on Tuesday evening. If passed into law, food delivery services would be fined a civil penalty of up …
California Introduces Law to Stop Delivery Apps Screwing Over Restaurants
On Tuesday, California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) introduced legislation to protect restaurants from being exploited by food delivery platforms that add restaurants without permission and withhold customer data. “We need to level the playing field for mom-and-pop restaurants that are being taken advantage of by big tech,” Assemblywoman Gonzalez said in a statement. “Restaurants shouldn’t …
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Column: DoorDash thought it was smart to force workers to arbitrate but now faces millions in fees
It’s not surprising why employers often require their workers to take wage and workplace complaints to arbitration instead of court: The big companies almost always win. Here’s a case involving the gig economy company DoorDash that turns that custom on its head. The company, facing a torrent of more than 5,800 arbitration claims filed by …
Bill would ban food delivery apps from using restaurant names without consent
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Hospitality Association (RIHA) said its members are fed up with third-party delivery apps like GrubHub and DoorDash using their restaurant names without their knowledge or consent. RIHA President Dale Venturini said they’ve received multiple complaints about the tactic from Rhode Island eateries in the last year. “Once the restaurant discovers …
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Ordering DoorDash? Proposed California law would share your information with restaurants
Food delivery platforms like DoorDash would be required to share customer information with the restaurants they order from under a new California bill. The lawmaker behind the bill says it will “level the playing field” between food delivery apps like DoorDash, Grub Hub, Postmates and Uber Eats and California restaurants, 60 percent of which are …
Uber Loses Early Challenge to California Gig-Worker Law
(Bloomberg) — Uber Technologies Inc. failed to persuade a judge to shield its drivers from California’s gig-worker protection law while the company challenges the landmark measure in court.A federal judge in Los Angles rejected a request by Uber and Postmates Inc. to temporarily block enforcement of Assembly Bill 5, which aims to convert gig-economy workers …
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