Posts tagged "uber drivers"

Uber Green will let users request a ride in an electric or hybrid vehicle for the same price as an UberX ride.

Five years of research reveals an industry facing pushback from both workers and customers, with many workers seeking to leave the gig economy.

Uber Australia's agreement with the Transport Workers’ Union is a statement of principles that re-regulate work in the Australian rideshare and food delivery industry.

Despite ride sharing largely returning to pre-pandemic levels and Uber Eats gaining hundreds of millions of users during the pandemic, Uber’s market value has slumped from US$117 billion to US$42 billion.

Uber has launched a new feature in Australia offering women and non-binary drivers the option to accept trip requests from women passengers only, if they choose.

Jason Murphy looks into a new academic study on Uber drivers and what the results reveal about Australia's gig economy.

China-based rideshare company DiDi will launch in Sydney in March, a move which will once again ratchet up competition in the market.

Uberisation is not an unstoppable force, however, it is fostering the apparent normalisation of all forms of precarious and insecure work.

UberEats will be forced to amend restaurant contracts after the ACCC alleged they contained unfair contract terms.

Australia's Fair Work Ombudsman has finalised its two-year-long investigation into ride-sharing giant Uber.

New York City has legislated to require a minimum pay rate for rideshare drivers, which could foreshadow what’s to come in Australia.

By Rohan Miller and David Oliver, University of Sydney

Uber has admitted that a 2016 data breach put at risk the personal information of …