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Column: In wake of Prop. 22, Albertsons is converting its home delivery to gig work [Los Angeles Times]
Those who warned that California’s anti-labor Proposition 22 would hasten the destruction of good jobs and the rise of gig work have a new data point to cite, courtesy of the Albertsons grocery empire.
As of the end of February, hundreds of home delivery drivers for Vons, Pavilions and other stores owned by the Boise, Idaho, chain will no longer be employed by Albertsons.
Their work will be outsourced to the gig delivery company DoorDash, which has made a nationwide deal to take over the service.
Albertsons to cut grocery delivery drivers as it moves to save money with other services
John Sowell, Idaho Statesman
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BOISE (Idaho Statesman) Don’t be surprised the next time you order groceries delivered by Albertsons if a driver from DoorDash or another company shows up at your door.
The Boise grocery chain will soon stop using its own employees to make deliveries, according to the Idaho Statesman.
“In early December, Albertsons Companies made the strategic decision to discontinue using our own home delivery fleet across a variety of market areas and states, beginning February 27, 2021,” spokesperson Kathy Holland said in an email. “We will transition that portion of our e-commerce operations to third-party logistics providers who specialize in that service.”
2021 new laws | Here is what s new in California workplace laws
California is requiring employers for alerting workers when an employee tests positive and that corporation to have board members from an unrepresented community. Author: Joseph Daniels (ABC10) Updated: 6:32 PM PST January 1, 2021
CALIFORNIA, USA As a year of uncertainty has finally come to an end, 2021 has brought something that everyone can count on: new state laws.
Some of the new laws include one that will require employers to alert their employees when another worker tests positive for COVID-19. Another expands on a list of contract workers who are exempted from a law that would treat them as full-time workers.
California’s new workplace laws: COVID-19 safety, family leave and more [Los Angeles Times :: BC-WRK-REGS-CALIF:LA]
Sweeping new laws ramping up in 2021 will force California businesses to offer employees more help to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, including measures on disclosure of workplace infections, on healthcare and wage replacement, and on job-protected leave to care for sick family members.
For state lawmakers, 2020 “was a year that started out with lots of aspirational plans,” said Ken Jacobs, chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center. “But it became a year about saving lives.”
What with legislators’ personal COVID-19 scares and Capitol shutdowns, “leadership basically asked us to kill any bill that wasn’t COVID-related,” said Heath Flora, R-Ripon, vice chair of the Assembly’s Labor and Employment Committee.