by dankeelan | Jan 16, 2024 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday issued a final rule that will force companies to treat some workers as employees rather than less expensive independent contractors, in a move that has riled business groups and will likely prompt legal challenges. The rule is...
by dankeelan | Jan 9, 2024 | Featured, Gig Workers, Retirement
Alexandrea Ravenelle studies the decline of the one-job era. The sociologist chronicles the spread of the gig economy and the rise of “poly-working,” or working multiple jobs. Ravenelle points to research by the Federal Reserve that...
by dankeelan | Jan 9, 2024 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
The Department of Labor has released new rules for determining which workers are employees of a company and entitled to the wage and overtime protections that come with that status. Or, more specifically, it’s reinstating the old rules after the previous...
by dankeelan | Jan 2, 2024 | Featured, Gig Workers
As the share of gig workers in the US grows, new protections going into effect in several US cities will provide a test case for workers’ rights in a burgeoning sector of app-based work. In Seattle and New York City, laws intended to bring delivery drivers up to...
by dankeelan | Dec 12, 2023 | Finance, Gig Workers, Technology, Tools
Checkr, the background check platform for workers, has expanded into payments and onboarding. The San Francisco-based company, a HR tech platform valued at $5 billion at its last raise, serves contract workers and gig economy workers, like delivery couriers, and is...
by dankeelan | Dec 5, 2023 | Featured, Gig Workers, Women
In 2022, 72.9% of mothers of children under 18 were working or looking for work. In recent years, the traditional image of a stay-at-home mom has undergone a significant transformation, thanks in part to the rise of the gig economy. According to the United...
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