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  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    News in-depthUK employment
    Labour’s worker rights shake-up leaves UK business on edge

    Overhaul planned by main opposition party could backfire and end up harming employees and bosses, say executives

    1 hour ago
    A montage of the Labour party logo and a woman holding a sign that says ‘Don’t gut my salary’
  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
    UK employment
    TUC urges UK business to ‘get on board’ with Labour’s worker rights plans

    Umbrella union body says most employees on zero-hour contracts have been ‘stuck’ in same job for a year or more

  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Disrupted Times
    It’s not me, it’s you: gig workers send Valentine’s message to employers

    Also in this newsletter: UK inflation holds steady, LNG demand to soar, the uninsurable world

    Food delivery couriers
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Lyft Inc
    Lyft shares go on wild ride after earnings release error

    Ride-hailing company’s stock surges more than 60% before correction to margin growth outlook for 2024

    The Lyft logo
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber debuts $7bn share buyback as tech groups step up capital returns

    Ride-hailing company seeks to please investors following renewed focus on profitability

    Uber Eats delivery couriers
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Unhedged
    Everyone calm down about CPI Premium content

    Plus, a very large taxi company becomes profitable

    The New York skyline with $100 bills in the background
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    The Uber Game: Can you make it in the gig economy?

    You’re a full-time Uber driver with two kids and a mortgage Can you earn enough to pay the bills — and make more than other players?

  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Valentine’s Day strike to hit Uber, Deliveroo and Just Eat as workers unite over pay

    Industrial action expected in the US, Canada and the UK in crucial parts of the gig economy

    Just Eat and Deliveroo workers on bikes
  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
    Delivery Hero
    Delivery Hero exits Deliveroo as takeaway demand wanes

    The German food order group garnered a less than expected £77mn from institutional investors for its minority stake

    Deliveroo rider
  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    EU agrees ‘gig economy’ rules to boost workers’ rights

    Deal pushes ride-sharing and delivery groups such as Uber and Deliveroo to improve conditions

    A driver using an Uber app on a smartphone in a car
  • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
    EU jobs official says consumers happy to pay more to protect workers’ rights

    Nicolas Schmit argues ensuring better staff conditions at groups like Uber and Deliveroo will not kill gig economy model

  • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
    Deliveroo’s sub clause keeps the wheels turning

    Maximising the freelance-rider problem

  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
    Roofoods Ltd
    UK Supreme Court rules Deliveroo riders are not workers in an employment relationship

    IWGB union loses landmark gig economy case in which it had also sought collective bargaining rights

    A Deliveroo delivery rider in London
  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    The Top LineElaine Moore
    Groceries shoppers are proving resistant to tech disruption

    Instacart and Amazon show shopping habits are hard to break, especially in the US

  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
    Lex
    DoorDash: gig economy business sees opportunity in sector destruction  Premium content

    Group delivers more than half a billion orders per quarter but reported a net loss of $75mn

    A restaurant displays a DoorDash logo in the Brooklyn borough of New York
  • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
    Moral Money
    Walmart and DoorDash shun UN human rights rapporteur Premium content

    Companies silent on questions about treatment of workers

    Olivier de Schutter
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Lex
    Gig economy: blurred lines need to be recognised in new labour laws Premium content

    Italy has shown it is possible to give workers a measure of protection without destroying the platform model

    A Deliveroo rider on a motorbike in Madrid
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber warns of threat to drivers under EU gig work plan

    Brussels starts negotiations on final text of legislation to improve conditions for workers

    An Uber driver travels towards the Palais Garnier Opera House in Paris, France
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Government inaction over tax umbrellas drives avoidance schemes, experts say

    Rule changes have led to increasing numbers of freelancers joining unregulated schemes

    Commuters walking through London’s Canary Wharf
  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Am I the victim of an AI-generated voice scam?

    I paid money to someone pretending to be my supplier

  • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
    Inside BusinessJavier Espinoza
    EU battle over gig economy worker rights to intensify

    Rules expected to be introduced next year will clarify how far protections such as sick pay and minimum wages will apply

    A dashboard-mounted smartphone displays a map of the ‘Mainhattan’ financial district on the Uber Technologies Inc. app
  • Monday, 12 June, 2023
    EU deal paves way for gig economy workers to receive greater protection

    Member states agree to rules that could give employment benefits to Uber drivers and food delivery riders

    A food delivery courier for Deliveroo
  • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    The great workers’ rights competition is holding us back

    Too many new rules will fuel the burgeoning legal and compliance industry, which is not the kind of growth the UK needs

    Jonathan McHugh illustration of a mechanical man working at a computer, with a red hand turning him on an off using a switch on the back of his chair
  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    US & Canadian companies
    Gopuff turns to rival Uber for rapid delivery help

    US-based rapid grocery app feels the squeeze on demand after lockdown-driven boom

    A Gopuff delivery worker cycles along a New York street
  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Just Eat Takeaway
    Just Eat Takeaway lays off 1,700 couriers in employment U-turn

    Group previously sought to set itself apart in UK by moving away from gig economy

    A courier walks along the pavement carrying a Just Eat Takeaway bag
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