Uber commits $10 billion to robotaxis in strategy shift: FTUber has committed more than $10 billion to buying thousands of autonomous vehicles and taking stakes in their developers, breaking from...
15 Apr, 2026, 09.39 AM IST
Donald Trump or Kamala Harris: 30 million American gig workers have a big dilemmaThe future of millions of gig workers in the U.S. could be influenced by the upcoming presidential election, with candidates Trump and Harr...
19 Sep, 2024, 01.10 PM IST
Exploited and unprotected: Life as a gig workerWhile the flexibility offered by online gig platforms is attractive, it comes at the cost of limited job security, lack of social protectio...
21 Dec, 2023, 12.20 PM IST
Rajasthan govt announces Rs 200-crore fund for gig workers, will others follow suit?Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the enactment of the Gig Workers Welfare Act, the establishment of a board and a welfare fund of Rs 2...
13 Feb, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
Uber whistleblower says current business model 'absolutely' unsustainableMark MacGann, who led Uber's lobbying efforts to win over governments, identified himself as the source who leaked the more than 124,000 co...
03 Nov, 2022, 11.08 AM IST
The gig economy evolution: reshaping India's online consumptionWant food? Zomato and Swiggy are here. Want to send a package to a friend? There’s Dunzo and Porter. Not well and need medicines delivered?...
17 Jul, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
Uber agrees to Australia minimum pay body after similar moves in Britain, CanadaIn the statement on Tuesday, Uber general manager for Australia Dom Taylor said the company wanted "to see a level playing field for the in...
28 Jun, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
Uber Eats-Amita Gupta case calls for gig worker law reform: StudyGupta had sued Uber Eats in 2019, claiming that she was only paid A$300 for 96 hours of work.
31 May, 2022, 10.42 AM IST
The challenge with gig economyThe main issue with gig economy is the employment relationship. Most of the time, it is the ambiguity around the rights of workers and the ...
04 Aug, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
Uber, Lyft have a California playbook to fight proposed U.S. rules on workersThe looming fight over the status of gig-economy workers comes amid a wider debate over business regulation.
04 May, 2021, 11.08 AM IST
UK Supreme Court to rule on worker rights case at Uber on February 19In a case led by two drivers, a London employment tribunal ruled in 2016 that they were entitled to workers' rights such as the minimum wag...
12 Feb, 2021, 07.52 PM IST
Jobs without fixed salaries are increasing: So plan for money goals wiselyDigital platforms have emerged as enablers for employment creation with the power to easily discover job seekers and job providers in the a...
29 Jan, 2021, 06.10 PM IST
View: Gig workers are employees. Start treating them that wayIn the wake of a California ballot proposition passed in November and a rule just released by the Trump administration, it appears that the...
19 Jan, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
Gig economy workers say they can no longer surviveThe term "gig" stretches back a century to jazz musicians who used it to refer to a one-off show but now the "gig economy" involves million...
28 Dec, 2020, 11.10 AM IST
Apps win, labour frets after Uber-led 'gig worker' measure passesRideshare and delivery apps matching tasks with those willing to perform them as independent contractors sidestepped a labor law with the p...
08 Nov, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
California sues Uber, Lyft over misclassifying drivers as contractorsUber in a statement said it will contest the action in court, while pushing for the implementation of its own proposal for additional drive...
06 May, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
Uber's IPO filing answers leaves one big questionA decade after the Uber app first went online and rammed its way into nearly every major city on earth, economists still have no idea what ...
04 May, 2019, 10.04 AM IST