by dankeelan | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
When Arina, a 22-year-old illustrator in Russia, first started using the freelance work platform Upwork last year, it changed her life. “It was like opening a door into another world for me,” she said, speaking on the condition that her last name not be used out of...
by dankeelan | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Women
Since February 2020, 1.1 million women who left the labor force have yet to return, reported the Washington Post. Gayle Kaufman, a professor of sociology and gender and sexuality studies at Davidson College, said about the recent United States jobs reports, “I...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Benefits, Gig Workers, Insurance
As the U.S. workforce continues to migrate from traditional onsite employment locations to jobs as remote and contract employees, the gig economy has emerged as a new, flexible and short-term type of work. Recent statistics show roughly a third of US workers are part...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
Bill Detwiler talks with Saty Bahadur, chief technology officer at Upwork, about what it takes to be successful as a freelance software developer or IT professional. What’s it take to be successful as a freelance developer or IT professional? That’s what we are going...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
The Ontario government is set to introduce what it says is first-of-its-kind legislation that would extend the province’s minimum wage to gig workers. The Working for Workers Act is aimed at adding protection for app-based workers like Uber and Lyft...
by dankeelan | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy, Unions
A coalition of labor groups pushing to make gig workers count as employees in Massachusetts has renamed their campaign and begun hiring staff that will try to fight some of the giants of the tech world on multiple fronts. But most gig workers in Massachusetts...
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