by dankeelan | Sep 3, 2024 | Featured, Gig Workers, Worker Rights, Zero-Hour
As employers’ use of flexible contracts is on the rise, we asked HR how they can improve work for zero-hours and gig workers. The pressure group Worker Info Exchange has called on Uber and other ride-hailing apps to publish information on its drivers’ working...
by dankeelan | Jul 23, 2024 | Entrepreneurs, Featured
Shortly after President Joe Biden announced the end to his re-election campaign, he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who has led efforts on behalf of the Biden-Harris Administration to support small businesses. Here are seven statements Harris has...
by dankeelan | Jul 23, 2024 | Featured, Future of Work, Jobs
If you want to learn how to get a job as an engineer on the modern manufacturing floor overseeing improvements and collaborating with both people and robots, it helps to ask an expert for her advice. The UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science consulted with...
by dankeelan | Jul 23, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Jobs
When gold was discovered in California in 1848, more than 300,000 people moved west, one of the largest mass migrations in US history. Those miners of the 19th century have little in common with the workers of today, except, perhaps, for a desire to follow...
by dankeelan | Jul 23, 2024 | Featured, Gen Z, Gig Workers
More than half of people born after 1996 now freelance, according to Upwork, but success varies widely by sector. After graduating Texas A&M University in 2018, Suzanne Ctvrtlik applied to 70 jobs. She heard back from just one, which later ghosted her. ...
by dankeelan | Jul 17, 2024 | Featured, Gig Workers
Jagat Pun finds that working as a delivery driver is becoming harder and harder. Pun spends his days zipping around New York City delivering Uber Eats orders, a job he’s done since 2020. But recently he’s had to work through the added burden of extreme heat, which...
Recent Comments