Food delivery platform DoorDash has copped a $2,011,320 penalty from the communications regulator for sending more than one million texts and emails in breach of Australian spam rules. The NSYE-listed tech company, which launched aggressively in Australian in 2019 amid complaints from restaurateurs that they’d been signed up to the platform without their permission and… Read more »
American food delivery company DoorDash, which launched aggressively in Australia in 2019, is cutting 1250 staff globally as the sector more broadly tries to stem potential financial haemorrhaging amid a global downturn in discretionary spending. Company CEO Tony Xu broke the news to staff on Thursday, Australian time, saying it was “the most difficult change… Read more »
Food delivery tech company DoorDash has signed a pioneering agreement with the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) that sets out safety and fairness standards for gig workers. Amid ongoing legal battles by global tech companies over the employment status of gig economy workers, the first-of-its-kind agreement between an Australian union and a delivery platform sets out… Read more »
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