Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
The Labor Department releases a nonbinding proposal to classify US gig workers as employees and not independent contractors — A proposed rule, long awaited by labor activists, would make it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors.
Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear says the US could use legislation to create “a third option” between contractors and employees to classify creators and gig workers — Twitch Chief Executive Officer Emmett Shear thinks US employment laws could be improved to better support content creators …
The Economic Times:
A survey of ~4,000 Indian gig workers on Swiggy, Zomato, Uber, Amazon, and others: 42% say their income is flat, 47% have no insurance, and 51% can’t save money — Gig workers in India are young, financially stressed, and largely uninsured, according to a new report.
Varsha Bansal / Rest of World:
How India’s gig workers, tired of algorithms dictating their lives, are using Telegram to exchange cheap hacks on how to game the platforms to their advantage — Tired of the obscurity around black box algorithms that dictate their lives, India’s gig workers are coming up with jugaads to game the system.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Arizona-based Qwick, an on-demand staffing service that matches gig workers with hospitality jobs, raised a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $69.1M — Leisure and hospitality workers are quitting at the highest rates of any industry. About 1 million left the workforce in November 2021 alone …
Kristin Majcher / The Block:
Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has approved a longstanding crypto bill defining digital assets and their service providers; bill now requires president’s approval — – Brazil’s chamber of deputies finally approved a long-awaited crypto regulation bill. — The bill could now go to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for approval.
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Forensic analysis: hackers planted files on at least three Indian activists and likely colluded with police, yet 11 of 16 activists in related case still jailed — And new evidence suggests those hackers may have collaborated with the police who investigated him.
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