by dankeelan | Aug 25, 2020 | California, Featured, Gig Workers
After a California appeals court on Thursday temporarily halted a law requiring the reclassification of rideshare drivers of Uber and Lyft as employees, the decision over gig worker benefits and pay will likely be left to voters. The two San Francisco-based companies...
by dankeelan | Aug 25, 2020 | Finance, Gig Workers, Tips
Tax Notes senior reporter Paul Jones talks with Richard C. Auxier, senior policy associate at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, about tax issues raised by the gig economy and how policymakers are working to address them. Read and Listen to the Interview From...
by dankeelan | Aug 25, 2020 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy, Unions
Javier Morillo spent 14 years as president of Service Employees International Union Local 26 in Minnesota. The union represents janitors, security officers, airport workers, window washers and others in the property services industry. Morillo is now a fellow at the...
by dankeelan | Aug 21, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Sunday, August 16, 2020 was the second National Independent Worker Day. This national holiday honors the tens of millions of independent workers, contractors, consultants, freelancers, self-employed, gig workers, and small business owners in America who choose to...
by dankeelan | Aug 18, 2020 | Gig Workers, Stories
In pre-pandemic times, this would be a very busy time of year for Daniel Menzies. Menzies is a DJ and he typically does a lot of weddings, making the summer a pretty lucrative time of year. When he wanted to make a little extra money, especially in slower DJing...
by dankeelan | Aug 18, 2020 | Age, Featured, Gig Workers
The gig economy has changed work in America in a big way over the past several years as former full-time employees turn to freelancing, driving for Uber, or taking one of the growing number of remote, self-employed roles available. And there’s one group...
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