Hacker News with Generative AI: Gig Economy

Finland Court: Food couriers are employees, not entrepreneurs (yle.fi)
Finland's Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that food couriers are employees, not self-employed entrepreneurs.
Employment Law, Labor Rights, Finland, Gig Economy, Food Delivery
7 points by stevekemp 16 days ago | 0 comments
After Firing 700 Humans for AI, Klarna Now Wants Them Back (yahoo.com)
Klarna is backpedaling after cutting hundreds of human jobs and replacing them with artificial intelligence. The Swedish buy-now-pay-later company now says real people are essential to customer service and plans to bring them back—but in a gig-style setup.
Artificial Intelligence, Labor, Gig Economy, Business
6 points by gpi 18 days ago | 1 comments
After Firing 700 Humans for AI, Klarna Now Wants Them Back (yahoo.com)
Klarna is backpedaling after cutting hundreds of human jobs and replacing them with artificial intelligence. The Swedish buy-now-pay-later company now says real people are essential to customer service and plans to bring them back—but in a gig-style setup.
Artificial Intelligence, Layoffs, Gig Economy, Customer Service
7 points by myaccountonhn 18 days ago | 2 comments
Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI and forced to DoorDash (yahoo.com)
AI obsolescence is “coming for basically everyone in due time,” says Shawn K, an engineer who went from earning $150k to being locked out of the workforce for over a year.
AI, Job Market, Automation, Gig Economy
5 points by namanyayg 21 days ago | 0 comments
Gig Companies Violate Workers Rights (hrw.org)
Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers as independent contractors, denying them labor rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Labor Rights, Gig Economy, Misclassification, Human Rights
152 points by Improvement 26 days ago | 93 comments
They Were Deactivated from Delivering. Their Finances Were Devastated. (nytimes.com)
Millions of Americans earn money finding gig work through platforms like Uber, Lyft or DoorDash. Many see their financial lives upended when their account is suddenly blocked for unclear reasons.
Gig Economy, Financial Impact, De-platforming, Platform Abuse
31 points by bookofjoe 48 days ago | 28 comments
Gig workers worked more but earned less in 2024: study (businessinsider.com)
Gig workers for Uber, Instacart, and other services made less money on average in 2024 — even as the number of hours that they worked rose, in some cases.
Gig Economy, Labor, Economics, Income Inequality
148 points by wallflower 105 days ago | 107 comments
Couriers mystified by the algorithms that control their jobs (theguardian.com)
From pay shortfalls to being dropped by apps, drivers face a range of issues – often with no way to fix them
Gig Economy, Algorithms, Labor Issues, Technology, Transportation
211 points by pseudolus 137 days ago | 287 comments
'So immoral': gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages (theguardian.com)
Retail assistants have accused a gig economy firm of “holding them to ransom” by making them pay a fee if they want to receive their wages within a month.
Gig Economy, Labor Rights, Exploitation, Wages, Technology
93 points by zfg 147 days ago | 101 comments
IRS to Seek Identities of U.S. Taxpayers Who Participated in the "Gig Economy" (justice.gov)
A federal court in California entered an order on Monday authorizing the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on JustAnswer LLC, seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who were paid for answering questions as “experts” during the years 2017-2020.
Taxation, Gig Economy, Legal Action, IRS
8 points by sandwichsphinx 163 days ago | 5 comments
Uber for Nursing: How an AI-Powered Gig Model Is Threatening Health Care (rooseveltinstitute.org)
The gig economy’s labor model and its algorithmic management technologies now have a foothold in one of the largest labor sectors in the country: health care.
Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, Gig Economy, Labor
9 points by bookofjoe 172 days ago | 1 comments
Uber's Gig Workers Now Include Coders for Hire on AI Projects (bloomberg.com)
Uber Technologies Inc.’s gig-economy workforce now includes programmers. The company is expanding beyond its rideshare roots to enter a hot new market: helping other businesses outsource some of their artificial intelligence development to independent contractors.
Uber, Gig Economy, Artificial Intelligence, Outsourcing, Software Development
6 points by rbanffy 190 days ago | 1 comments
Reverse engineers bust sleazy gig work platform (pluralistic.net)
Reverse engineers bust sleazy gig work platform: Mistrust, but verify.
Reverse engineering, Gig Economy, Labor Practices
120 points by hn_acker 196 days ago | 12 comments
Oxford accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms (theguardian.com)
Oxford University has been accused of relying on academics on “Deliveroo-style” and precarious fixed-term contracts to give the majority of its tutorials, after new research revealed just a third of lessons are taught by full-time professors.
Education, Employment, Academia, Gig Economy, UK
190 points by Michelangelo11 203 days ago | 115 comments
The decline of the working musician (newyorker.com)
Before the gig economy consumed a third of the workforce, it was mostly musicians who worried about gigs.
Music Industry, Gig Economy, Employment
168 points by tintinnabula 218 days ago | 245 comments
California companies wrote their own gig worker law. Now no one is enforcing it (apnews.com)
Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided, according to state agencies, interviews with workers and a review of wage claims filed with the state.
Gig Economy, California Law, Labor Rights
83 points by agiacalone 276 days ago | 60 comments
California Court Upholds Gig-Worker Proposition 22 (nytimes.com)
California, Gig Economy, Law, Labor, Politics
5 points by lxm 316 days ago | 3 comments
Shipt’s algorithm squeezed gig workers, who fought back (ieee.org)
Gig Economy, Labor Rights, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Technology
279 points by cyberlimerence 341 days ago | 156 comments
Delivery Drivers Got Higher Wages. Now They're Getting Fewer Orders (wsj.com)
Delivery Drivers, Wages, Gig Economy, Employment, Technology
31 points by lxm 342 days ago | 86 comments
When you're a clickworker, no one knows you're old (restofworld.org)
Gig Economy, Ageism, Work, Labor, Technology
10 points by devonnull 383 days ago | 0 comments
Delivery app takes away health insurance when workers don't meet quotas (restofworld.org)
Delivery Apps, Labor Practices, Healthcare, Gig Economy
19 points by impish9208 422 days ago | 0 comments