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After Amazon & Flipkart, now Swiggy, Zomato face the ire of small businesses
NEW DELHI: About 500 small to midsized restaurant companies alleged “misuse of dominant position by food delivery companies including Swiggy, Zomato, Uber Eats and Food Panda,” signing an online petition addressed to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to this effect. The accusations include the use of deep discounting, …
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The end of China’s ride-sharing gig
Over the last few years, millions of Chinese workers managed to earn extra money by being ride-hailing drivers. Many picked the gig because of its flexible schedule. For those who could not otherwise afford to own a car in China’s pricy metropolises, driving around is also a status symbol, even if they are paying off …
‘Uber Eats and Deliveroo should be very worried’: Ruling to reshape gig economy
Australia’s gig economy could be reshaped by a finding that a former Foodora delivery rider, unfairly dismissed, was an employee, not an independent contractor. Experts say the ruling last week by the Fair Work Commission has put the business models of competitors Uber Eats and Deliveroo under increased scrutiny. Labor senator Murray Watt this year chaired the Future …
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Zomato, Swiggy, Ubereats delist 10500 restaurants from its platforms
Food delivery platforms such as Zomato, Swiggy, UberEats and Foodpanda have delisted 10,500 restaurants because they did not receive approval from food safety regulator, Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI). The move comes in the wake of FSSAI’s directive in June that asked online delivery sites to remove unlicensed and non-registered restaurants from …
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Deliveroo’s ‘flexible’ labor model likened to 20th century dockyards
A report into the pay and conditions for riders delivering food for gig economy platform Deliveroo has urged the company to commit to offering a form of worker status to those riders who form the backbone of its workforce, arguing that the current reality is a dual labour market — which works very well for some riders …
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Union wins right to challenge Deliveroo on human rights grounds
The UK High Court has granted a union permission to challenge Deliveroo’s opposition to collective bargaining for its couriers on human rights grounds. The IWGB union argues that couriers for the restaurant food delivery company should be classed as workers — who would then have basic employment rights such as the minimum wage, holiday pay and collective bargaining …
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Postmates moves case alleging couriers were misclassified as contractors to federal court
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 …
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 …
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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