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Would You Sell Your Vacation Days for Cash?
 PTO Genius, another startup launched in 2020, nudges employees that its algorithm guesses are at risk for burnout—based on factors…
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Uber Squeezed Europe’s Taxi Drivers. Now It Wants to Hire Them
Drivers like Hubert might be skeptical of Uber’s deals, but within some unions there is real hostility toward the company.…
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How Retail App Temu Lures US Shoppers With Mind-Bending Prices
The prices seem almost too good to be true: Lenovo wireless earbuds for $3.70, an eyebrow pencil for 59 cents,…
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Tech’s Offshore Hiring Has Gone Into Overdrive
In the Past year, Sebastián, a developer based in Ecuador, has received more LinkedIn messages from recruiters trying to poach…
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Gig Workers Are Losing Their Hard-Won Rights
Not all of Just Eat’s orange-clad couriers were switched to salaried contracts, and the company did continue to use self-employed…
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The Fallout From Apple’s Bizarre, Dogged Union-Busting Campaign
At a roundtable that Bowles attended in May, a meeting leader said they were going to answer “questions from the…
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The Speedy Downfall of Rapid Delivery Startups Like Jokr
It took only eight months for Jokr, the superfast delivery startup, to become a unicorn, and just six months more…
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Uber and Lyft Drivers Must Now Set Their Own Mask Rules
As pandemic safety measures have lifted in the US, ride-hailing drivers risk deactivation for imposing their own mask rules. Nearly…
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When Gig Workers Are Murdered, Their Families Foot the Bill
The maze of policies and supplemental policies can get complicated quickly. First off, most personal auto insurance plans don’t cover…
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Washington State Passed a Contentious New Gig Worker Law
James Childers says he really likes his job driving for Uber and Lyft in Spokane, a city in Washington State.…
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