Uber

A new BLS survey shows that the percentage of Americans employed in most types of alternative work arrangements has actually declined since 2005. But that report only tells half the story.

• By Dwyer Gunn

These binding clauses lock millions of workers and consumers out of the courtroom, and now their legality is being determined by the highest court in the land.

• By Kriston Capps

No ride-hailing company has seriously addressed the real heart of the transportation problem: more trips, more miles, more greenhouse gases.

• By Laura Bliss

The California Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling this week on the classification on independent contractors. The decision is expected to have big ramifications in California and elsewhere.

• By Dwyer Gunn

After a Cabify driver was accused of murdering a college student near Puebla, Mexico, appetite for an "Uber for women" continues to grow.

• By Maya Kroth

A committee of upper management will run Uber in Kalanick's stead.

• By Jack Denton

Due to a system error, Uber's ride commission was coming out of gross fare, costing workers extra.

• By Nick Hagar

An advocate general at the European Court of Justice declared that Uber is not chiefly a digital platform, but a transportation services company, in a highly influential recommendation to the court.

• By Jack Denton

Riders in Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and West Virginia will pay $0.05 more per mile to cover the optional insurance.

• By Jack Denton

Why are Uber and iPhone security more important than solving our national gun problem?

• By Jared Keller

It could be, if companies like Uber become platform providers more than the services themselves.

• By Beejoli Shah

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By J. Robert Shull

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By D.A. Wallach

When big data uses bad data, discrimination can result.

• By Lauren Kirchner

Uber’s surge pricing doesn’t necessarily increase the availability of rides. It just makes them more expensive.

• By Lauren Kirchner & Surya Mattu

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Travis Kalanick

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Alex Rosenblat

The company kind of has a point—we do need better labor laws. Just not the ones Silicon Valley is promoting.

• By Susie Cagle

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Jeff Bleich

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By John Irons & Alyson Wise

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Richard Freeman

In settling the problem of the contract worker, we may find that we have to entirely re-define our country's structure of employment.

• By Kyle Chayka

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Frances Zlotnick

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Michael Bernstein