by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, Finance, Gig Workers
Washington state will spend $54 million to provide one-time payments to nearly 100,000 gig and self-employed workers cut off from unemployment benefits because of the impasse over the federal COVID-19 relief and spending bill. Gov. Jay Inslee announced Sunday that the...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers, Stories
The coronavirus pandemic drove many people to recognize gig work as “essential” for the first time, but the crisis also revealed the stark disparities between jobs that come with security and benefits and gig work, which does not. And Solis, the introvert,...
by dankeelan | Dec 29, 2020 | Gig Workers, Legal
California-based workers for food delivery app Grubhub have reacted angrily to changes to the platform which they say discourage tipping, saying they would wipe out the supposed benefits of new gig worker rules in the state. Last month, California passed Proposition...
by dankeelan | Dec 22, 2020 | California, Future of Work, Gig Workers
IN NOVEMBER, GIG companies including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart helped pass California’s Proposition 22, effectively writing their own labor law. Now the companies plan to bring similar legislation elsewhere. Last month, the...
by dankeelan | Dec 22, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
America’s job market was firing on all cylinders, until suddenly it wasn’t. Now it’s 10 months gone to COVID — along with a few million jobs — and folks are looking for work. Smartphone apps are the new office headhunters, filling spots on the fly in ways that are to...
by dankeelan | Dec 22, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers
In recent years, the gig economy has become an attractive solution for both employees and workers alike, offering both flexibility and lower commitment than traditional work models. But since the dawn of COVID-19, it’s seen a new resurgence in popularity, as...
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