by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work, Remote Work
While companies push to return to their offices, employees would rather stay at home, according to a new global survey from Insider. This gap between companies and employees shows up when it comes to who makes decisions about working models, who is...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Safety
A study of 1,000 gig economy workers found that of the 59 per cent who have been injured at work, 85 per cent were unable to work for an average of five weeks. But 60 per cent claim this was unpaid, with more than one in 10 admitting they should have taken time off...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Unions
On October 16, an unknown number of drivers for grocery delivery service Instacart went on strike. These shoppers, as Instacart calls its independent contractors, vowed to forgo logging onto the app that provides their dispatches. Other drivers who couldn’t afford to...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work
When people talk about the future of work they usually talk about how machines and automation will impact the workforce. But there’s a different, more holistic conversation also evolving: the idea that the future of work should be good for workers, and not just good...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Book Review, Featured, Future of Work
“Will we be retired — or unemployed?” the leader of a futurist conference asked in 2007 while envisioning a world filled with AIs possessed of superhuman intelligence. More recent — and more restrained — researchers such as Kate...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work
DoorDash is jumping on the speedy delivery trend. Starting Monday, the company is offering 10- to 15-minute delivery in New York City from a new Dashmart, which stocks groceries, household goods and packaged restaurant products. Customers within the delivery zone will...
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