gig economy
Gig workers get gouged. Hereās how Trump can š¹help āĀ and win swing states too
September 17, 2024 | 4:00amDonald Trump understands the old maxim that taxation is theft, and to that end heās proposed some interesting ways to aš°meliorate the burden on actual working people via aggressive tax...
Uber, Lyft win major ruling in California as top court reājects bid to classify drivers as employees š¦©
July 25, 2024 | 2:09pmš§ø The court dismissed a lawsuit claimingĀ the 2020 ballot measureĀ known as Proposition 22, whiš°ch preserves drivers' contractor status while granting them some benefits, was unconstitutional.
One in five food app delivery workers are assaultź¦¬ed on job: study
May 11, 2024 | 10:01amNearly 21% of š delivery drivers reported being attacked while working for food ordering apps, ļ·½while 22% claimed they were seriously injured on the job.
Biden wants to follow foolish California and baą± n freelancing ā putting millions out of work
April 10, 2024 | 7:52pmThe Labor Department just imposed 300 pages of new regulations to reclāassify many individuš³al contractors as payroll employees.
New rule overhauling gig economy riles business groups: 'Completely unnecessary'
January 9, 2024 | 11:48amThe rule will require that workers be considered šemployees rather than contractors when they are "economically dependent" on a company.
I make $9K per month with this side hustle ā here's how you can, too
January 5, 2024 | 3:39pmAlmost half of Americans have started a sidą¶£e gig to earn a little extra cash amid the ongoing economic squeeze ā and one woman has her own crafty outside-of-hours venture.
I'm an ex-cop ā I ditched my badge and now make millions from my ATM business
January 3, 2024 | 9:12pmHe has the rį£ight to remain rich.
Creative ways to makš¹e an extra buck after the holidays š
December 24, 2023 | 8:14amIt's Christmas, which means seasonal work has dried up, and your bank account is ź¦drained. š§
Illegal underground gig economy booms in NYC as migrants await work permits -- all while living off city's dime
September 20, 2023 | 7:13pmThe Post spoke with ź§36 migrants over a five-daź¦”y period, of which 65% said they were already taking off-the-books jobs in food service and delivery, construction or housekeeping.
Cheer IRS's delay of Congress' ugly rule socking the gig economy ā but it needs to die entirely
December 26, 2022 | 9:01pmJoe Biden talks š¼a good game about making the wealthy pay their āfair shareā of taxes.
Team Biden is using the IRS to attack the gig š¶economy
December 5, 2022 | 4:58pmAš recent tweet says it all.Ā āSam Bankman-Fried: I donāt know where $10 billion went. The Pentagon: We donāt know where $2ź¦.2 trillion went. The IRS: You just sent $601.37 donāt...
Techās slow-motion crašsh isš · now Mayor Adamsā problem
November 20, 2022 | 6:58pmAfter Facebook laid offĀ 871 New York City employees and Twitter laid offĀ 418 locals, Mayor Adams announced the cityās deficits over the next 3 Ā½ šØyears are worse than he projected.
Behind the Crimea-bridge strike, no āableismā in Fetterman qās and other commšentary
October 12, 2022 | 4:47pmš Expect new Ukraine commander Sergey Surovikin āto destroy civilians, power plants, and hospitalsā and āpress harder for the use of chemical weapons, and possibly nuclear ones.ā
Uber, Lyfšt, DoorDash slump as šfeds propose big change to gig economy
October 11, 2022 | 1:21pmSigning them up as employees could mean additional costs for companies and reduce the cut they take from every salį¦e, delivery or ride.
Uber Eats drivšer sayš ŗs he made only 37 cents in 4 hours
August 16, 2022 | 5:43pmAn Uber Eats driver went viral fošr claiming that he netted a measly $0.37 for four hours of work. The driver made $30.97 in eight deliveries, but had to fill...
Amazon tests delivery of pšackages directly from shopping ź¦Æmalls
May 23, 2022 | 12:53pmAmazon is testing a new service that uses gig drivers to deliver goods directly from stores at shopping malls. The Seattle-based web giantāsš¦ so-called āFlexā drivers, who use their own... ź¦
UberEats quietly slashes orders for little-known 'walkers' who deliver on foot
May 3, 2022 | 3:55pmThe ride-haiļ·½ling giant's "delivery walker" food service has existed for at least five years worldwide in large cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Vaš§ncouver and Singapore.
Uber to provide pensioān plans for UK drivers
September 24, 2021 | 1:50pmUber said it would start rolling out its pension plan to alļ·½l eligible drivers in the United Kingdom, months after granting workers' rights to drivers in the country.
Uberš„ must ź¦¬classify drivers as employees, not contractors: Dutch court
September 13, 2021 | 12:15pmThe news follows a similar decisiošn earlier this year in the UK, in which the nationās supreme court gave more than 70,000 Uber drivers access to a minimum wage, pension...
UPSąµ© adds gig-worker delivery with Roadie acquisition
September 10, 2021 | 2:12pmUnited Parcel Service on FrišÆday announced plans to buy Roadie, a crowd-sourced, same-day delivery company whose major clź§ients include home improvement chain Home Depot.