DoorDash: gig economy business sees opportunity in sector destruction Group delivers more than half a billion orders per quarter but reported a net loss of $75mn DoorDash was founded in 2003 and ...

The gig economy is rapidly reshaping urban life, yet digital labour platforms fail to provide adequate support to the workers ...

Katie CanalesBusiness InsiderA Caviar employee rides their bike down Market St. in San Francisco, California, on Saturday, January 26, 2018.

Gig economy ‘can be a win-win’: DoorDash CEO. Ahead of a looming fight between the new Albanese government and food delivery companies, Tony Xu says there’s a way for everyone to get what ...

As gig economy companies work to woo drivers back to their platforms, they have been making some expensive promises. Breaking them could prove even more costly. On Tuesday, the Federal Trade ...

Gig firms push back against drive towards worker employee status. Firms such as Uber, Doordash say their workers enjoy the gig economy’s flexibility; labour groups fear creating an underclass.

DoorDash is using W2 employees to make some deliveries in Austin, Texas, and Fresno, California. That's a big shift from using gig ... leading millions of people in the US into the gig economy.

From their inception, the employment model of most gig platforms has claimed to offer a trade-off, wherein workers don’t receive the benefits and stability of traditional employment but enjoy the ...

Currently, almost 40% of gig workers are employed in retail trade, approximately 20% in the transportation and storage industry, and approximately another 10% in manufacturing.

The gig economy refers to a work environment where individuals engage in short-term, freelance or flexible jobs rather than traditional full-time employment.