by dankeelan | Feb 10, 2020 | California, Featured, Gig Workers
The Sacramento Jazz cooperative plays on average a couple times a month at the Dante Club, but with Assembly Bill 5 in the law books, they aren’t sure how much longer they’ll be able to play there. “We need some kind of consideration, otherwise we are going to lose a...
by dankeelan | Feb 10, 2020 | California, Gig Workers, Legal
A federal judge on Monday denied Uber and Postmates a temporary reprieve from California’s controversial gig worker law, a setback for both companies as they scramble to deal with a measure that could upend their business models. Uber and Postmates asked for a...
by dankeelan | Feb 4, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
The last decade has seen a surge in the number of gig workers, indicating broad economic and demographic shifts and raising concerns around long-term financial security for a growing share of the workforce, according to some experts. “We’re just going to keep seeing...
by dankeelan | Jan 7, 2020 | Gig Workers, Jobs, U.S. Economy
When a client seeks my counsel as an on-site consultant or coach, I board an airplane and go where I’m needed. But much of my work these days—interviewing thought leaders and writing books—can be done in the comfort of my well-equipped home office. Dress code?...
by dankeelan | Jan 6, 2020 | Gig Workers, Jobs, Management
Readers often ask how I became interested in writing about the freelance revolution. Way back in 2013, I was a partner in a boutique consulting firm RBL Group, working on a human capital strategy for McKesson, the big pharma company. McKesson’s CHRO...
by dankeelan | Jan 6, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Legal
A new law that went into effect in California on Wednesday is supposed to make it harder for companies to hire workers as contractors — but gig companies like Uber, Lyft and the food delivery platform Postmates are refusing to reclassify their fleet of drivers as...
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