independent contractors

Former DoorDash Inc (NASDAQ:DASH) delivery workers are claiming they haven't been paid thousands of dollars in wages from past years and are seeking protection from deportation after Donald Trump's recent win in the 2024 election. What Happened: A group of 95 delivery workers claim they were not...

Much of the focus on state laws regulating independent contractor status has been on California and its embrace of the ABC test through the AB5 regulation, whose exclusion from the state's trucking sector hangs on a battered injunction. But it may be New Jersey that is at the head of the move to...

A new front has opened up in the battle over AB5, a California law limiting the use of independent contractors, as opponents and supporters use the coronavirus pandemic and the economic devastation it has unleashed to bolster their positions on how the controversial labor law applies to the...

Staffing agencies lease drivers to fleets stymied by employment regulations. Over the past 13 years, Trillium Driver Solutions, a staffing agency for the trucking industry, has grown from six branches to 40. The company employs up to 2,000 drivers per day, supplying workers to private fleets,...

After Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and LYFT Inc (NASDAQ: LYFT) executives failed to appear at a hearing on Capitol Hill at which they were to be chastised for lax safety oversight, lawmakers turned their attention to the merits of making it more difficult for employers to hire independent...