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...He was an order taker and acted on instruction of his superiors.”...
...recombination of ideas (those constant software updates), learning by doing and international trade (has anyone ever produced a high tech product at a scale matching Apple and its stable of global sub-contractors...
...So why then is Musk accelerating the mechanical takeover of the planet by ploughing head first into personal robot manufacturing?...
...On Friday, a superior court judge in Alameda County said Proposition 22, which allows gig workers to remain independent contractors, was “unenforceable” under state law....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 8. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Gig workers scored a victory against these companies on Friday when a California Superior Court judge declared Proposition 22 unconstitutional....
...A lawsuit from Prop 22 accusing Uber of “coercing” drivers was thrown out by a California Superior Court judge in the run-up to Tuesday’s vote....
...A Superior Court judge has given the companies until the end of Thursday to make the switch, paving the way for drivers to get healthcare, sick pay and other benefits in accordance with the state’s AB5 law...
...German crowd-workers rely less on the platforms than US ones, a difference researchers attribute to Germany’s superior social protections....
...Employees are pricier than contractors and fiscal relief for workers (employees or not) makes sense as long as someone else picks up the tab....
...Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman stayed the injunction for 10 days, giving the companies time to appeal against a judgment that they claim would make their businesses unworkable....
...It's ironic that Google employees made the discovery, with Apple pushing its security credentials as superior to that of its rival in smartphone software....
...“For the past 250 years, architects have tended to take a 2D drawing of a façade as a starting point when designing buildings, then simply hand this to the contractors....
...The deal with Fairfax, which is expected to close this quarter, still requires the approval of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and due diligence work by the insurer....
...There was a time, before Seiko launched its Quartz Astron watch in 1969, when mechanical watches were superior to anything else....
...If algorithmic worker management is superior (from the point of view of businesses) from what human managers achieve, managers may be as threatened by extinction as the typists of yesteryear....
...Yandex Taxi’s model is different from that of Uber, as it does not operate its own fleet of cars, or employ individual drivers as contractors....
...And the return on equity is superior.” Even better for a cash-strapped company like Reliance, defence does not require massive spending upfront....
...“Everybody said these super-mezzanine contractors would have a stranglehold over aircraft design and production,” he adds....
...We can only imagine what Major Edwin would have thought of Edward Snowden — a Booz Allen-employed contractor when he blew the whistle on the National Security Agency in 2013....
...It is hard to be profitable supplying to Apple, no matter how superior one’s technology. Japan’s Sharp, maker of device displays, knows this better than most....
...It is often both cheaper and more convenient than a traditional taxi, and sometimes a superior alternative to driving your own car....
...And the different nature of the interaction with superiors was another challenge....
...The mechanical simplicity of some parts of new engines and their greater fuel efficiency provide simultaneously better and cheaper performance....
...McKenney, the mechanical contractor firm, developed Business Intelligence for Buildings by tracking trends and performance over extended periods....
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