by dankeelan | Jan 21, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Gig Workers, Tips
For the past several years, the gig economy has been neck and neck with full-time work in the race to see where you can make the most money. However, with so many opportunities available — from rideshare driving to freelance writing — finding a great side gig that...
by dankeelan | Jan 21, 2025 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
As many people kick off the new year by taking on gig jobs to boost their finances, ensuring the company you’re working with is legitimate is crucial, as scams and misleading ads can leave workers shortchanged. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself while...
by dankeelan | Jan 14, 2025 | Featured, Gig Workers, Healthcare, Nursing
In a lawsuit that may have implications for other sectors heavily reliant on temporary staffing, such as long-term care, a hospitality hiring agency is suing competitors over their alleged, intentional misclassification of workers. Platforms can pay workers less...
by dankeelan | Jan 14, 2025 | Gig Workers
The FTC and New York’s attorney general have accused Handy, the gig app customers can use to book cleaners, handymen, and more, of making deceptive claims about how much workers could earn through its platform. In a complaint filed on Tuesday in...
by dankeelan | Jan 7, 2025 | Gig Workers
Perhaps the largest group of Americans who have no home in the political status quo are the self-employed. According to the U.S. Census, this demographic includes 16.5 million workers, or about 10.4 percent of the total working population. But this is likely a...
by dankeelan | Jan 7, 2025 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued Walmart and work scheduling platform Branch Messenger for allegedly forcing delivery drivers that are part of the discounter’s gig program to use costly deposit accounts to get paid and mispresented how they...
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