Recent changes include using videos taken by Instacart couriers to track on-shelf inventory as well as adding new perks to ...

Most workers for gig economy companies, like Instacart, Uber, Lyft, Postmates and DoorDash, are classified as independent contractors.While that classification can mean increased flexibility for ...

Protesting what they characterize as low wages and a lack of consistent communication from corporate, gig workers on the grocery delivery app Instacart are poised to begin a nationwide work ...

Instacart is testing a new kind of gig work at some stores.; Contractors can now earn money by photographing products on shelves to show what's in stock. The brands behind the products use the ...

A group of Instacart employees in Skokie, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, voted to unionize this past weekend. The union vote is a landmark victory for gig worker activism, and it signals that more ...

Some gig workers use third-party apps to claim high-paying orders on Instacart and other apps. Using so-called "bots" goes against the delivery apps' policies. Still, they can be essential to ...

If that happens, and Instacart finds itself in court for classifying its workers as independent contractors, it may be able to argue that a nice chunk of its business does not rely on telling gig ...

The gig economy firms Uber and Lyft have acknowledged that their business model is based on treating their workers as independent contractors, not employees. But when it comes to exploiting its ...

Instacart's "gig" workers on Sunday will target the grocery shopping and delivery firm with a three-day work action aimed at disrupting service and forcing executives to fix inequalities in pay ...

The gig paid about $12 and took about 10 minutes to complete, according to the shopper. That's more than Instacart pays to shop and deliver some orders, which can easily take an hour, the shopper ...

Gig workers are independent contractors who perform on-demand services, including delivering groceries. Instacart is not mandating its workers to get vaccinated. According to the U.S. Centers for ...

Last February, a group of Instacart employees who worked as in-store shoppers at a Mariano’s grocery store in Skokie, Illinois, voted to unionize in a historic moment for the gig economy.