Uber to release Uber Works temperature employee app Friday in Chicago

Uber is diving much deeper into the gig economy on Friday with the launch of a brand-new app for on-demand employees searching for momentary positions. Uber Works, which matches employees with blue-collar occasion tasks such as cooks and waiters, will release in Chicago on Friday, the business stated Wednesday.

Uber has actually been dealing with the task in stealth mode in Chicago for the previous year and formerly explore it in Los Angeles. It’d run as its own endeavor, comparable to Uber’s food shipment service, Uber Eats, and its self-driving vehicle organization, Uber Advanced Technologies Group.

“We believe a new, technology-first approach can provide faster and easier means for people to get work, while offering greater insight into the many opportunities for work that are out there — improving the experience for workers and businesses alike,” Uber stated in a post Wednesday.

Uber states the app will supply info such as gross pay, work area and needed abilities and clothes. It will likewise track work time, logging when users clocked in, clocked out and took breaks.

News of the app’s launch comes as the gig economy that Uber depends upon for employees will go through a significant shakeup in California. Last Month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark expense, AB 5, into law on that might need business that utilize independent professionals to reclassify their employees as staff members.

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Under AB 5, all companies using independent contractors in the state will be put to a three-part test that looks at how much control the company has over its workers. If the companies don’t pass the test, they may be required to classify their workers as employees. That means those workers will get access to labor rights, such as minimum wage, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation and the ability to join a union. 

Uber will partner on the endeavor with job-staffing agencies, including TrueBlue, one of the largest workforce management companies in the US.

Uber said it would announce plans on possible expansion of the app’s territory after focusing on success in Chicago.

CNET’s Dara Kerr contributed to this report.