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Honoring and Supporting Gig Workers Nationwide

by dankeelan | Aug 21, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy

Sunday, August 16, 2020 was the second National Independent Worker Day. This national holiday honors the tens of millions of independent workers, contractors, consultants, freelancers, self-employed, gig workers, and small business owners in America who choose to...

The $600 Federal UI Benefits Expired — Gig Workers Still Qualify for Benefits

by dankeelan | Aug 18, 2020 | Benefits, U.S. Economy

Self-employed and gig workers can collect state-level unemployment benefits through the end of the year under the CARES Act. When the $2 trillion CARES Act passed in March, self-employed, independent contractors, gig workers and other nontraditional workers became...

As UI Began to Run Out, a Freelance Job Came Just in Time

by dankeelan | Aug 11, 2020 | Benefits, Gig Workers, Stories

His regular state unemployment benefits had run out, as had the weekly $600 supplement that Congress approved to help jobless workers make it through the pandemic. He was still eligible for payments under an emergency extension of benefits for 13 weeks, but the clock...

Uber Calls for New Deal for Gig Workers

by dankeelan | Aug 11, 2020 | Benefits, California, Featured

Uber outlined proposals Monday for a new type of relationship with “gig” workers, including its own drivers, that would keep them as independent contractors but with some guaranteed benefits. The move comes with Uber and other firms facing legal pressure...

Still No Deal on Federal UI Benefits

by dankeelan | Aug 4, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, U.S. Economy

Even as COVID-19 unemployment benefits expired last week, likely leaving millions in the lurch, top Democrats and Trump administration representatives failed to reach a deal on their extension Monday. “They are sticking to their position,” Senate Minority...

Who Delivered Dinner: An Employee or Independent Contractor?

by dankeelan | Aug 4, 2020 | Benefits, Gig Workers, Jobs

Businesses often prefer independent contractors (also known as consultants or freelancers) for the flexibility in structuring payment, and to avoid: paying minimum wage for all hours worked, overtime, family medical leave and paid sick leave, disability and...
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