by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Safety
A study of 1,000 gig economy workers found that of the 59 per cent who have been injured at work, 85 per cent were unable to work for an average of five weeks. But 60 per cent claim this was unpaid, with more than one in 10 admitting they should have taken time off...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Unions
On October 16, an unknown number of drivers for grocery delivery service Instacart went on strike. These shoppers, as Instacart calls its independent contractors, vowed to forgo logging onto the app that provides their dispatches. Other drivers who couldn’t afford to...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work
When people talk about the future of work they usually talk about how machines and automation will impact the workforce. But there’s a different, more holistic conversation also evolving: the idea that the future of work should be good for workers, and not just good...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Book Review, Featured, Future of Work
“Will we be retired — or unemployed?” the leader of a futurist conference asked in 2007 while envisioning a world filled with AIs possessed of superhuman intelligence. More recent — and more restrained — researchers such as Kate...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Future of Work, Management
Lately, there has been a lot of talk about artificial intelligence and how it could soon replace human workers in various industries, but it’s more likely that the future of HR will actually be more human-centric than ever before. But what does this mean for HR...
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