by dankeelan | Mar 2, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Still fresh off of a landmark victory in California, companies like DoorDash, Instacart, Lyft and Uber are preparing to bring their message supporting an independent workforce nationwide. But the companies will face new hurdles in passing similar legislation outside...
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...
by dankeelan | Feb 23, 2021 | Diversity, Entrepreneurs, Media, Social Media
Facebook has launched We the Culture, a new content initiative created and managed by a team of Black employees that is investing in and amplifying content from Black creators. The company announced an inaugural class of over 120 creators for We the Culture,…...
by dankeelan | Feb 23, 2021 | Gig Workers, Social
No matter how proficient you are in your trade, there must be a good reputation associated with your skills. I’ve seen freelancers who started out as writers, some more talented than others, now busy with data entry because they don’t have writing assignments in their...
by dankeelan | Feb 23, 2021 | Jobs, Tips
Freelance writing jobs do pay people good earnings if they provide their sweat and blood to the field. As a beginner, writers face the most difficult task of finding clients, especially the good-paying ones. Finding your first client might take huge efforts....
by dankeelan | Feb 23, 2021 | Future of Work
The International Labor Organization urged better regulatory cooperation among countries to protect workers in the digital economy, saying the distinction between employees and the self-employed is increasingly becoming...
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