by dankeelan | Oct 12, 2020 | Benefits, Gig Workers
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday said roughly 9,000 gig workers received overpayments of their benefits. The agency is now trying to work with those claimants who were then asked to pay back that money. “Basically it was panic mode, what are...
by dankeelan | Oct 12, 2020 | California, Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers
Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees. That sum looks less huge, however, than the potential costs of...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers
If you don’t hire freelancers, thinking that they are ideal for short-term assignments only, you should think again. According to a recent survey from Bunny Studio, 97% of respondents consider freelancing a long-term career choice. Be it a small business owner, a...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
Unreliable home broadband connectivity is the primary technical challenge businesses are having to deal with as remote working continues during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s one takeaway from a survey of 100 C-level executives and IT professionals in the US by...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2020 | Gig Workers
As the world economy plunged into a sharp downturn because of Covid, organisations were faced with difficult choices from business models to maintaining operations to sustenance of their workforce. Quick but difficult decisions had to be taken. While some...
by dankeelan | Oct 5, 2020 | Gig Workers
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have come to rely more and more on “gig” workers to supply us with our day-to-day needs. When restaurants were forced to shut their doors and grocery stores saw severe restrictions, drivers for companies like GrubHub and...
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