by dankeelan | Jul 7, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Around 12.9 million Americans are collecting unemployment benefits through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, according to most recent Labor Department data. That program, created by the federal CARES Act relief law enacted in March, extends jobless...
by dankeelan | Jul 6, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Jobs, Training
Four20 Academy is taking pre-registration for training offered to workers in the cannabis industry, as well as custom training and certification for Cannabis companies. Initial programs will cover training for individuals working or seeking work at medical marijuana...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Gig Workers, Legal, Pay
A caravan of around 50 Uber and Lyft drivers cruised down a quiet street in San Francisco’s ritzy Pacific Heights’ neighborhood and parked in front of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s home. One white van with a “Black Lives Matter” sign...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Future of Work
We are now months into the Covid-19 pandemic, and it has become clear that the virus has unquestionably impacted how people all over the world are living and doing business. Companies continue to actively take precautions, even as businesses begin to open their doors....
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Entrepreneurs, Featured, Tips
As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always surprised by the fact that some never seem to be able to that first startup going, while many others never seem to stop, starting their second or third initiative before the first one is fully hatched....
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Diversity, Featured, Gig Workers
Black gig workers are calling out the empty gestures of solidarity and support from the companies they drive, deliver, and work for as so-called independent contractors as the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum across the U.S. Black workers affiliated with the...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Small Business, Tips
Small businesses looking to hire a freelancer online, beware. Scammers are creating fake accounts on platforms like Upwork. They use photos and resumes of real professionals and entice businesses with low rates. How the scam works You are looking to hire a freelancer,...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Gig Workers, Remote Work
While 38 per cent of Gen X and 29 per cent of baby boomers are willing to return to the workplace as soon as they can, nearly one in three Gen Z and millennials would want to continue working remotely until they feel safer about being around each other amid the...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Remote Work, Tips
Remote working can be a lonely enterprise in this era of social distancing, but it doesn’t have to be. For those who thought working from home was temporary, who didn’t set clear boundaries and who didn’t establish an organized work station,...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Remote Work
Our building is still mostly abandoned, but our building’s manager had already taken precautions for that elusive day when we might all return. There were stand-six-feet-apart circles in the lobby to encourage social distance. Our elevators could only fit four...
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