by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Gig Workers, Legal, Pay
A caravan of around 50 Uber and Lyft drivers cruised down a quiet street in San Francisco’s ritzy Pacific Heights’ neighborhood and parked in front of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s home. One white van with a “Black Lives Matter” sign...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Diversity, Featured, Gig Workers
Black gig workers are calling out the empty gestures of solidarity and support from the companies they drive, deliver, and work for as so-called independent contractors as the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum across the U.S. Black workers affiliated with the...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Gig Workers, Remote Work
While 38 per cent of Gen X and 29 per cent of baby boomers are willing to return to the workplace as soon as they can, nearly one in three Gen Z and millennials would want to continue working remotely until they feel safer about being around each other amid the...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
It’s a tough time to be a musician, with the coronavirus pandemic canceling concerts both big and small. With a lack of gigs for independent musicians, Mitch Glazier with the Recording Industry Association of America said the artists are not getting paid and are...
by dankeelan | Jun 30, 2020 | Benefits, Gig Workers, Tips
If you’re a gig worker — whether or not you’re currently receiving unemployment benefits because of the coronavirus — the IRS wants to remind you about your responsibility when it comes to paying taxes. The federal government taxes unemployment benefits, and that’s a...
by dankeelan | Jun 22, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers
A group of leading Theatre Designers have formed #scenechange – a Community that brings designers together at a moment of great uncertainty for the theatre industry and its creative professionals, to join in conversation and explore how to navigate a way through...
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