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...Lyft said the proposal posed “no immediate or direct impact” on its business because drivers worked as contractors under a similar Obama-era rule....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on November 22 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...US defence contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon also report earnings as demand for their products surges. 3M, Johnson & Johnson and General Electric also report....
...It is still exempt despite a California judge ruling that the law classifying gig workers as independent contractors was unconstitutional....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on May 14 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Lenovo reports strong growthThe world’s largest computer maker is profiting from providing new equipment for the working-from-home era....
...A row with Waymo, the autonomous-car company owned by Google parent, Alphabet, perhaps underlined the new era most clearly....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on June 9, 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...The argument over AB 5 reflects the changing nature of employment in the era of “on-demand” apps for shopping, transport, food delivery and other everyday tasks....
...(FT) Nervous new era for Hong Kong Inc The chance arrest of Liu Chung-yin, a 30-year-old pilot with Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways, has plunged his employer into the biggest political crisis since...
...October 2016 Uber drivers win a legal battle in the UK to be classified as ‘workers’ rather than independent contractors, entitling them to minimum wage and holiday pay....
...In a less publicised but equally interesting example, Blackstone in 2017 agreed to a formal “Responsible Contractor Policy” that sets higher standards for the labour and construction contractors it employs...
...The sale is expected to reduce American Media Inc’s debt to $355m....
...Smart reads Defence deals For the past 20 years, the US defence industry has been dominated by five prime contractors — now there is a sixth after the merger of L3 and Harris. (FT) Are MBAs passé?...
...Wal King spent 23 years as chief executive of Leighton Holdings, building the Australian company into one of the world’s biggest mining contractors before retiring in 2010....
...However, the emergence of ESG as an investor issue has not enthused all of Russia Inc....
...Michael Moy, an employment lawyer at McCullough Robertson, said regulation was being left behind as the nature of work changes in the modern era....
...Waskita is just one example of an SOE that has taken on more risk during the Widodo era....
...In the modern digital payments era, it’s hard to imagine why this cannot be arranged....
...“If the Chinese are sensitive about anything, it’s not having their people die,” said Mr Prince, while stressing that his days as a military contractor were over....
...Indeed, the rise of big data could lead to a new golden era for the industry, Mr Shen says. “The world is more complex and diverse now....
...“If the goal is to do bad things, automated systems and algorithms could help you do bad things faster,” says John Salch, technology leader with PROS Holdings Inc, a Houston-based pricing software company...
...usual dose of cognitive dissonance; he claims to be a fan of fiscal stimulus yet his new economic advisory committee consists of what seem to be the last surviving “supply-siders”, proponents of Reagan-era...
...The Lyft settlement could provide a template for how tech companies could adapt their practices to comply with labour laws that were written in an era before smartphone-enabled, on-demand workforces....
...In 2013, the former contractor for the American National Security Agency provoked an international outcry by revealing the extent of US government surveillance in cyberspace....
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