SEATTLE (CN) — Since Jan. 1, companies with over 250 gig workers have had to abide by a Seattle ordinance intended to provide protections for app-based employees, but Uber and Instacart argued before ...

If you're a gig worker, you may need to pay taxes four times a year instead of just once. Here's how to keep organized and avoid potential tax penalties.

Apps like Uber offer drivers instant pay options for quick deposits. A recent survey found that quick pay is often a matter of financial stability.

Walmart has hired Instacart executive Daniel Danker as executive vice president of AI acceleration, product and design, ...

Tennessee has become the second state to offer portable benefits to 1099 workers, providing access to health insurance and other employment benefits.

Drive Forward, a nonprofit trade industry association representing gig workers in Seattle, held a media event at Seattle City Hall last year to voice opposition against a minimum wage law for ...

Ontario has introduced new legislation aimed at providing new protections for gig workers across the province, but Jennifer Scott, president of Gig Workers United, says it stops short of giving ...

A study finds that a higher percentage of gig workers start businesses than salaried employees—and they are more successful.

I've done gig work in all 50 states. Here's how I use apps like Lyft and DoorDash to support my love of travel and food.

California’s landmark labor law aims to make nail salon workers, predominantly Vietnamese women, full employees rather than contractors in an industry known for labor violations.

A worker who died after a truck rolled over him in the Canterwood area north of Gig Harbor has been identified, according to a news release from the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office ...

Politics Why nail salons are being targeted in fights over gig worker laws by Jeanne Kuang • CalMatters July 8, 2025, 8:27 a.m.