by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Gig Workers, Jobs
“Back to normal” is no longer a realistic marker for American office culture as the COVID-19 health crisis ushers in a work-from-home paradigm shift. “People have woken up and you can’t put the genie back in the bottle,” says Greg Carter, a local tech consultant who’s...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Future of Work, Legal
When a Walmart associate named Jacqueline Cote filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2014 contending that the company was discriminating against her by denying health insurance benefits to her same-sex spouse, it signaled the...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work
The coronavirus pandemic has destroyed tens of millions of American jobs. How many of them will come back? That might be one of the most pressing questions of the Covid-19 recession. Arguably no other downturn has threatened to leave American life so...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work
Michael J. Sikorsky, CEO and co-founder Robots and Pencils, sees a world where AI and technology are operating autonomously, with little need for continuous oversight. This is increasingly the case with human talent as well, he explained in a...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | California, Gig Workers
The bills would allow self-employed professionals in creative industries—as well as certified translators, promoters, and others who typically work for several employers on a contract basis—to maintain the independent status that they say is necessary to their...
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