Bloomberg: Uber-Lyft Group Challenges Biden Labor Pick Over Worker Rule
A group representing Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and other app-based services is raising concern about President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Labor Department over her stance on worker-classification rules. In a letter to Biden dated Monday that was shared with Bloomberg News, the Flex Association asked that the nominee, Julie Su, explain how […]
INSIDER: An explosion in side hustles and self-employment
INSIDER’s Aki Ito published a new profile on self-employment, app-enabled, and platform work: showing the pandemic’s marked impact on entrepreneurialism in America. Critically INSIDER reports that “18% of newly remote professionals said they’d consider freelancing or starting their own business to be able to keep working from home. Side hustles and self-employment aren’t just about […]
New Study: App-Based Delivery Provided Billions in Revenue, Protecting Merchants throughout pandemic
A new study conducted by UC Riverside found that app-based services were an economic lifeline for restaurants, grocers and merchants during the height of the pandemic. From the third quarter of 2019 to the third quarter of 2021, the number of grocers and restaurants using these platforms nearly doubled to 151,311 across California, and merchant […]
