Uber pays food delivery worker $400,000 rather than risk having its legion of low-paid workers being classed as employees by a court Uber Eats paid Adelaide driver Amita Gupta $400,000 settlement last year Ms Gupta claimed unfair dismissal after she was blocked from the delivery app Arguments arose whether she was contractor or employee and … Read more
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Brown Jackson is considered by some to be next in line for a Supreme Court nod Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia since 2013. Prior to joining … Read more
Former President Donald Trump added his voice to growing demands for an audit of votes cast last year in Pennsylvania, inspired by a partisan effort to overturn results in Arizona. Three state lawmakers from Pennsylvania this week visited the Arizona State Fairgrounds, site of a former basketball arena, where a hand count of 2.1 million … Read more
Republican co-chairs of the House Border Security Caucus are urging the Senate to reject President Joe Biden‘s ‘dangerous anti-border security’ nominees for three key Homeland Security positions because of their ‘history of dangerous policy making.’ Reps. Andy Biggs and Brian Babin claim Biden has ‘unleashed the worst border crisis in two decades’ on a letter … Read more
Democrats will only get ONE more chance to pass Biden’s agenda – including his $4trillion infrastructure plans – without Republican support, Senate parliamentarian rules Revised ruling from Senate rule-keeper appears to close possibility of multiple spending bills this year that could move on simple majority Sen. Charles Schumer had sought guidance and hoped to move … Read more