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...An FT investigation shows how he has used leading corporate lawyers around the world to try to keep western governments at bay....
...Reverend Cherri Murphy, a Lyft driver and lead organiser for the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, said the expiry of the PUA would exacerbate issues many workers were already facing, including...
...It is still exempt despite a California judge ruling that the law classifying gig workers as independent contractors was unconstitutional....
...“With the cars he’s building now, and the Cybertruck, they aren’t aiming any more at the Silicon Valley freaks and geeks, they are aiming at the regular Joe, the red necks, the country boys, the contractors...
...“We’ve been working nonstop as have the architects and contractors in the area who are benefiting from people doing renovations.”...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on April 23 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on December 5 2019. @2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...It helped many of today’s tech leaders keep regulators at bay. After all, why should they be subject to rules designed for more prosaic businesses that were founded in less enlightened times?...
...A vote on Assembly Bill 5, the California law that could transform the employment status of drivers from independent contractors to employees, is expected as early as Wednesday....
...Furthermore, the deal had been sealed without the approval of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, which has jurisdiction over the island....
...Technology companies often reward employees with shares, but since Lyft and Uber consider drivers independent contractors, they cannot as private companies grant them stock....
...A lawyer representing Bird said the Los Angeles-based company “expects to employ thousands of Americans and generate income for hundreds of thousands” in the coming years, including contractors who charge...
...I have been disappointed to discover how many contractor companies are interwoven throughout Tesla....
...The likes of Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car unit, and GM’s Cruise offer contractors $20-$23 an hour. Most companies spend about three weeks training their safety drivers....
...As independent contractors, drivers are responsible for keeping track of expenses, filing taxes, and all the paperwork of running a small business....
...Labour laws could be revised so that tech firms cannot deny benefits to workers who are clearly full- time (another interesting idea being floated in policy circles is that independent contractors should...
...This, he argues, is partly why tech companies already treat their low-paid workers and contractors as expendable. What money there is can seem like a drop in the bucket....
...The department is pushing Google, which is a federal contractor, to provide more salary data....
...Companies are trying to skirt the issue by making their contractors agree to arbitration — rather than class action — in the case of a dispute....
...The New York Times reveals how Uber’s Greyball technology uses geofencing and other methods to foil regulators ————————————– This view extends to Uber’s drivers, who are not employees but independent contractors...
...Uber, the court said, could not pretend they were entirely independent contractors. As striking as the court’s judgment was the robust language in which it was couched....
...Uber is embroiled in dozens of lawsuits across the US, including a class-action case in California and Massachusetts over whether Uber drivers are employees or independent contractors, writes Leslie Hook...
...After the deal was made in April, Travis Kalanick, Uber co-founder and chief executive, said he was “pleased” that it recognised drivers as independent contractors....
...Uber has been hit by multiple US lawsuits over whether its drivers are employees rather than independent contractors, a status that does not entitle them to benefits or reimbursement for expenses....
...It provides data for a handful of cities where driver earnings have risen, but does not disclose how incomes have changed in the Bay Area....
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