5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (845+ words) In a recent paper (Allouard et al. 2025), we provide causal evidence on this question. Barely 15 years ago, platform-based gig work was almost non-existent. By 2021, an estimated 4. 9 million people in the US (Garin et al. 2023) and 4. 1 million in the EU 1 relied…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (662+ words) A new report claims that Grubhub knowingly schemed to cheat its couriers out of minimum wage. According to Streetsblog, in 2024, the popular food delivery service began outsourcing a percentage of its orders to Relay, another delivery app exempt from NYC…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (452+ words) Foodora, a prominent food delivery specialist, has been legally convicted for engaging in undeclared work practices. This ruling underscores the ongoing debate Foodora Convicted for Undeclared Work, Highlighting Gig Economy Labor Issues Legal Rulings Challenge Business Models in the Food…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1879+ words) By MIMI YATES, MULTIMEDIA REPORTER The little camp sits unnoticed, dwarfed by towering glass office blocks and hidden by the thronging crowds of central London. At first glance it seems little more than a line of discarded belongings pushed up…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago  (824+ words) Food delivery workers associated with platforms such as Swiggy and Zomato are continuing to see stable earnings despite an ongoing shortage of commercial LPG cylinders that has disrupted restaurant operations, according to a report by Moneycontrol. In Gurugram, delivery workers…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (239+ words) Everything, and I mean'everything, is getting more expensive these days. Clothes, food, gas, you name it, it's rising in price. Sure, there's plenty of external factors to blame, but what we may not have noticed is that these rises aren't'consistent....

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1235+ words) Kuldeep has been riding since 11 in the morning. It is now past 10 at night, and he is still waiting "phone face-up on the dashboard, for his 24th order of the day. A month ago, he would have hit that number by…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago  (328+ words) KOCHI: The closure of restaurants and hotels in Kochi due to the non-availability of commercial LPG has had yet another ripple effect. Many gig workers engaged in food delivery were without enough runs to make these past two days. "I…...