by dankeelan | Mar 2, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
Software engineer Armim Samii created a Google Chrome extension, UberCheats, that helps workers spot pay discrepancies. The extension automatically extracts the start and end points of each trip and calculates the shortest travel distance between the two. If that...
by dankeelan | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured, Finance, Remote Work
Employers across the country quickly embraced remote working when the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, and in many cases companies have suggested the new working arrangement was a success. Remote working becoming the new normal was a godsend for many employees,...
by dankeelan | Feb 23, 2021 | Career
As we come into our 12th month of responding to the pandemic, many people are calling this a lost year in their careers. Although there have been encouraging stories of well-placed workers who have thrived in our upset economy, their success has sometimes been...
by dankeelan | Feb 23, 2021 | Entrepreneurs, Gig Workers, Legislation, U.S. Economy
Amid a renewed push in Congress and states to enact new gig economy restrictions following California’s controversial AB 5, a new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute finds that enacting these harmful laws would hinder innovation...
by dankeelan | Feb 23, 2021 | Entrepreneurs, Featured
With Californian Kamala Harris as vice president, it’s clear the new Biden administration is taking its cues from the once-Golden State on labor policy. In one of its first acts in office, the Biden Administration placed a regulatory freeze on a Department...
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