by dankeelan | Feb 15, 2022 | Gig Workers
The Seattle City Council is considering a proposal that would require certain companies offering gig work jobs over online platforms to provide a minimum pay rate, dependent on factors including time and mileage. Gig workers organizing through Working Washington...
by dankeelan | Feb 8, 2022 | Gig Workers, Jobs
The explosion in popularity of ride sharing and food delivery apps means that gig work, or contract work, has become a much more common form of employment across the country. But the mass exodus of workers from the retail industry over the course of the pandemic means...
by dankeelan | Feb 1, 2022 | Delivery, Featured, Gig Workers
A COVID-assistance policy at DoorDash Inc is frustrating some couriers who told Reuters the food-delivery company sidelined them for as long as a month while infections caused by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus flared, costing them much needed income. DoorDash...
by dankeelan | Feb 1, 2022 | Future of Work, Gig Workers, Taxes, Tips
If you are one of the millions of Americans who makes an income through gig work or a side hustle, you probably get paid through an app like Venmo or PayPal or Cash App. They make it easy to exchange money for services and products – no muss, no fuss –...
by dankeelan | Feb 1, 2022 | Gig Workers, Healthcare
Healthcare, the nation’s fastest-growing industry, could be next in the push for laws to expand gig work. A measure filed this week with the California attorney general’s office seeks to ask the state’s voters in November to classify nurses, dental hygienists,...
by dankeelan | Jan 25, 2022 | Gig Workers, Jobs, Technology
The freelancer market is seeing an uplift as employers seek out independent professionals to fill talent gaps, according to freelancer platform Upwork. Upwork’s latest Freelance Forward Economist report found that the share of US workers who classify as...
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