*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: 'We're being mistreated': Instacart shoppers complain of pay cuts as company shifts to new model Author: Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-alexia-elejalde-ruiz-staff.html#nt=byline

*Source:* Chicago Tribune

*Date:* Dec 11, 2018 Summary: Instacart announced in October that by the end of the year all shoppers will be paid according to a new formula meant to better match shoppers’ earnings to the time and difficulty of each order, by factoring in details like the weight of items purchased. But aggrieved workers say the result has been inconsistent earnings and an increase in orders that pay too little to be worth their time Link: https://trib.in/2C4UMxa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library