by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Benefits, Gig Workers
With the Healthcare.gov Special Enrollment Period set to end on August 15, one group appears to be at risk of missing out on low-cost, high-quality health insurance: gig economy workers. According to data that will be released this week from Stride Health, a...
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Benefits, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia indicated on Saturday he would not back including an extension of federal aid for gig workers and long-term unemployed Americans past Labor Day in a Democrat-only package. “I’m done with extensions,” he told Insider....
by dankeelan | Aug 10, 2021 | Benefits, Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers, Unions
A fight over a proposed ballot question about the status of gig-economy workers in Massachusetts escalated Monday, as a labor-backed coalition accused its political opponents, who are backed by technology giants, of violating state law by failing to report campaign...
by dankeelan | Aug 1, 2021 | Leadership, Remote Work
The pandemic abruptly necessitated millions of people to work remotely at a scale never seen before, while making it clear that the in-office work environment we were used to would never look the same again. Although some companies — including my own — already had a...
by dankeelan | Aug 1, 2021 | Europe, Gig Workers
Food delivery platform Deliveroo says it is considering shuttering its operations in Spain, ahead of a deadline to comply with a new law that requires it to hire workers who are freelancing for the company. Deliveroo’s announcement Friday came as the mid-August...
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