Seattle gig workers to get $15M in Uber Eats settlement

(The Center Square) – The Seattle Office of Labor Standards reached an unprecedented $15 million settlement with Uber Eats over alleged violations of two laws protecting gig workers. Uber Eats will ... Read More

Uber Eats settles Seattle labor claims for $15M

The delivery aggregator denied allegations by city authorities that it misled workers about potential earnings and paid them less than required. Read More

Have Cake, Eat It Too: Delivery Workers Earning More, Industry Booming With Minimum Pay Standard

New data shows record-setting consumer revenue for delivery apps, but Instacart is still pushing back on a minimum wage for its workers. Read More

Uber Eats to pay over $15M to settle claims it violated Seattle app worker laws

The company will pay $14,991,841.49 in back pay, interest, damages and civil penalties to 16,120 affected workers by Sept. 1 as part of the settlement, which was reached July 18. It will also pay the ... Read More

Can you make it as an Uber driver? A new game simulates work in the gig economy

GigU's Cherry Picker game challenges players to make money as an Uber driver. Its creators hope it will make players sympathize with gig workers. Read More

The value war is being fought on third-party delivery apps

More than half of third-party delivery orders in a Restaurant Business-Intouch Insight study featured available promotions. Read More

Wisconsin union group shares approval of gig worker bill getting vetoed

MADISON (WKOW) -- On Friday, Gov. Tony Evers took action on 21 bills, including one that would have given benefits to people working for Uber and DoorDash. Assembly Bill 269, a gig worker benefits ... Read More

Council Bill Will Force Delivery Apps to Make Roadways Safer — Though, Of Course, The Apps Object

On July 28, Mayor Adams announced that under the Department of Transportation’s new sub-agency, the Department of Sustainable Delivery, the city would change existing rules to bring app companies into ... Read More