by dankeelan | Jan 16, 2024 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Whether you’re a member of the gig economy on a full-time or part-time basis, you’re in good company. Fiverr Enterprise says that as of the start of 2024, almost half of the global workforce consists of freelancers. Of course, gig work can be a mixed bag....
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...
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