by dankeelan | Feb 24, 2026 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers
Enhanced subsidies that helped millions of people afford health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace expired at the end of 2025 — which has forced many people to make tough financial choices. The enhanced subsidies, which had been in place since...
by dankeelan | Feb 24, 2026 | Featured, Gig Workers
Countless millions of people are very clear that working for themselves is much better than working for “the Man,” for numerous reasons. There’s even a theory that Gen-Z workers, turned off by many restrictive workplace traditions like the 9-to-5 grind, are turning...
by dankeelan | Feb 17, 2026 | Featured, Gig Workers
If you recently launched a side gig or are working as a freelancer, filing self-employment taxes can feel like a daunting task. On top of running your business, finding clients and completing projects, you also have to track it all. “The first year of gig work...
by dankeelan | Feb 3, 2026 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Inside the office of the nonprofit Worker’s Justice Project in Brooklyn, Gustavo Ajche pulled up a screenshot on his phone. It showed the delivery app Motoclick had paid him $6.75 for three hours of work in November 2024—a fraction of the city’s $19.56 minimum hourly...
by dankeelan | Jan 27, 2026 | Featured, Gig Workers, India
Amid the ongoing tensions between consumer platforms and their gig workers, Delhi-based Gig & Platform Service Workers Union (GIPSWU) has called for a nationwide strike today. As part of this, it has called on gig and platform service workers to switch off...
by dankeelan | Jan 20, 2026 | Featured, Gig Workers
Some independent contractors have come up with another way to make money using the apps: Selling access to those apps to other people, according to a new survey. Forty-five percent of gig workers surveyed by TransUnion said that they had either rented or sold access...
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