“[For us,] this is like a generic summer job. It’s like mowing the lawn but for kids who don’t have lawns,” Brian James*, 18, told the Observer, while taking a break from his full-time job as a ...

The app-based economy was already a race to the bottom. The pandemic raises the question of how much lower things can go. Last May, Postmates notified Darren Lyn in an email that it had “updated” its ...

In 2013, Saru Jayaraman founded One Fair Wage to put an end to the tipped minimum wage, which, One Fair Wage has found, perpetuates racial and gender disparities in the hospitality industry. Those ...

Uber bought Postmates last month in a deal that includes the delivery company's sophisticated tech stack. Insider analyzed US Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to see the base ...

If you've ever considered working as a delivery driver or bike courier for Postmates, the on-demand delivery service that started in San Francisco and, as of yesterday, has expanded to 40 major ...

IPO-bound Postmates is under fire right now after making some changes to its payments structure for its delivery workers. Organizers at Working Washington say these changes can reduce pay for typical ...

Founded by German entrepreneur Bastian Lehmann, on-demand courier service Postmates is going head-to-head with Uber and Amazon. The company has big ambitions but faces stiff competition. Rush hour in ...

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In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. discuss a recent decision in which the court decided that an individual who served as a courier for the delivery ...