India's November 21 labor law grants legal status to millions of gig workers, but their benefits are unclear and access to social security remains elusive
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Millions of China's gig workers are enduring record heat waves without receiving legally mandated “heat wave allowances”, cooling breaks, or adequate insurance
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Bengaluru traffic police booked 17K+ cases against delivery personnel in a single week of November 2024, as Swiggy and others rolled out rapid delivery services
The News Minute : X: @thenewsminute , @thenewsminute , @thenewsminute , and @thenewsminute X: @thenewsminute : Rising traffic violations by delivery partners in Bengaluru highlight the pressure of un...
An investigation details the lack of enforcement of CA's Prop 22 about four years after the ballot initiative, backed by gig economy companies, became state law
Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers. But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn't doing much to help push back.
An investigation details the lack of enforcement of CA's Prop 22 about four years after the ballot initiative, backed by gig economy companies, became state law
Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers. But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn't doing much to help push back.
EU member states reject a provisional deal that would have required platforms like Uber and Deliveroo to give full employment status to around 5.5M gig workers
EU member states reject a provisional deal that would have required platforms like Uber and Deliveroo to give full employment status to around 5.5M gig workers
- Rules will go through further negotiations with EU lawmakers — Deal could have cost industry billions of euros annually
An Uber executive says the EU's Platform Work Directive that designates gig workers as employees may raise prices and cause Uber to close in hundreds of cities
Brussels starts negotiations on final text of legislation to improve conditions for workers — A top Uber executive has warned …
The EU reaches a long-awaited deal on rules that could let 28M gig workers get social security and more, and plans to discuss the proposals with its parliament
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Twitch CEO Emmett Shear says the US could use legislation to create “a third option” between contractors and employees to classify creators and gig workers
Twitch Chief Executive Officer Emmett Shear thinks US employment laws could be improved to better support content creators … See also Mediagazer