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- Why does the US have it in for gig workers? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/08/gig-workers-independent-contract-freelance 7 comments
- Uber, Lyft stock decimated as US aims to classify gig workers as staff https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/11/us_uber_lyft_gig/ 2 comments
- US proposes redefining when gig workers are employees https://techxplore.com/news/2022-10-redefining-gig-workers-employees.html 81 comments technology
- 'Worker Data Science' Can Teach Us How to Fix the Gig Economy https://www.wired.com/story/labor-organizing-unions-worker-algorithms/ 3 comments worldnews
- 'They Aren’t Anything Without Us': Gig Workers Are Striking Throughout Latin America https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgxazk/they-arent-anything-without-us-gig-workers-are-striking-throughout-latin-america 3 comments worldnews
- Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc https://www.cityam.com/uber-eu-rules-will-see-us-pull-out-of-hundreds-of-european-cities/ 702 comments technology
- US court rules Uber and Lyft workers are contractors - A US court has ruled that "gig" economy giants including Uber and Lyft can continue treating their workers as independent contractors in the state of California https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64947695 12 comments law
- US tech firms like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash could pay gig workers up to 15% of their compensation in stock under new proposal https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-lyft-doordash-gig-workers-could-get-stock-compensation-proposal-2020-11 15 comments business
- More Americans are taking jobs without employer benefits like health care or paid vacation. An astonishing one in three US workers does gig work now. No retirement benefits either. https://www.vox.com/recode/22651953/americans-gig-independent-workers-benefits-vacation-health-care-inequality 1904 comments futurology