Nearly half of gig workers sell or share accounts for driving and making deliveries — highlighting a big security risk

Despite bans on doing so from apps like Uber and DoorDash, some gig workers are renting or selling accounts to others, a new ...

New Data Shows Gig Workers Are Renting Out Their Accounts As Financial Pressure Mounts

For a long time, talks about trust and safety in the gig economy have mostly been about consumers: Will the drivers come?

Minimum Wage Rises in Some States as Workers Struggle With Basic Costs

This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal ...

In a major shift, most workers say they would not quit over mandatory RTO

Amid a tight job market, employees are more resigned to accepting less flexible working arrangements, according to a ...

Younger workers are more worried about AI taking their jobs - but some don't expect any effects at all

On the whole, four in five workers expect AI to affect their daily tasks in some shape or form, but around half (47%) feel ...
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ICE agents cosplaying as utility workers is not law enforcement

ICE agents are dressing up as utility workers in Multnomah County, Oregon, in order to trick people out of their homes. Local ...

Workers Are Doing More, But Not Getting Paid For It

Worker productivity rose at its fastest pace in two years in the third quarter, while workers actually lost buying power because pay raises didn't keep up with inflation. Economists said productivity ...

At a Seattle Port Rocked by Tariffs, There Were 70 Jobs for 600 Workers

Dock workers are used to uncertainty, but nothing since the Great Recession of 2008 compares to what they have experienced ...

‘Blindsided’: Furniture workers sue over lack of layoff notice

The lawsuit claims hundreds of workers at Kroehler Furniture in Catawba County didn’t receive proper notice prior to the ...