by dankeelan | Dec 8, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers
With some 40 percent of U.S. workers in long-term temporary employment, or “gig” jobs, the idea of a “social contract” in which an individual receives benefits over a lifetime working for a single firm seems antiquated. But, says U.S....
by dankeelan | Dec 1, 2020 | Benefits, U.S. Economy
Congress only has weeks to pass another relief package before the end of the year and a new proposal from a group of bipartisan lawmakers would bring relief to people, but not in the form of direct payments. On Tuesday, Democratic and Republican senators and...
by dankeelan | Dec 1, 2020 | Benefits, Featured
Most U.S. states have been underpaying jobless benefits for millions of Americans who took a financial hit during the COVID-19 crisis, according to a government watchdog. The Government Accountability Office said in a report on Monday that states...
by dankeelan | Nov 17, 2020 | Benefits, Future of Work, Gig Workers
The country’s two largest transportation network companies – Lyft and Uber – and other “gig” driving and delivery businesses are likely going to try and change Illinois law to create a new classification of workers. On top of making transportation in cities worse in...
by dankeelan | Nov 3, 2020 | Benefits, U.S. Economy
The March CARES Act, which authorized the first $1,200 stimulus check and the $600 weekly unemployment bonus, assisted hundreds of millions of Americans who were unemployed or in financial need when the pandemic first took root. In August, Trump signed four executive...
by dankeelan | Oct 27, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, U.S. Economy
Millions of jobless Americans are poised to lose their unemployment benefits at the end of the year without action from Congress to extend temporary aid programs. A federal program paying benefits to gig workers and others (such as the self-employed, freelancers,...
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