by dankeelan | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
“All the research shows that the biggest growth segment in the U.S. labor market is freelancers – it’s a segment that has grown at three times the rate of any other since 2014. The estimates are that by 2027, more than half the workforce in the Western world will be...
by dankeelan | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Legal
Rideshare company Uber and on-demand order delivery service Postmates sued Monday to block a new California law that could fundamentally alter how tech giants engage with workers. The law, set to take effect on Wednesday, changes the way businesses...
by dankeelan | Sep 9, 2019 | Featured, Gig Workers
All eyes are on California this week as lawmakers face a final vote on Assembly Bill 5. It would reclassify many gig workers as employees, opening the door to guaranteed benefits and protections like health care, workers’ compensation and the right to form a union....
by dankeelan | Aug 22, 2019 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took a shot at companies like Uber and Lyft on Wednesday with a new plan that would make it harder for them to rely on gig workers. Sanders, a presidential candidate, unveiled a wide-ranging “Workplace Democracy” plan to...
by dankeelan | Aug 5, 2019 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
Right now the workplace is undergoing the biggest changes within the past 200 years. Traditional 9-to-5 employment model is getting closer to becoming obsolete. More and more people are realizing that they don’t have to be pinned to a single place of work to earn...
by dankeelan | Jul 31, 2019 | Gig Workers
Forrester’s report calls out that automation does not simply require increased investment in technology, but also serious investments in workers’ development and, potentially, management re-structuring. However, workers and managers don’t always...
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