by dankeelan | Jun 20, 2023 | Gig Workers, Healthcare
The gig economy and/or temporary contract work have become increasingly prevalent among healthcare professionals, including physicians. Approximately 7%opens in a new tab or window of the U.S.-trained physician workforce practice medicine as locums or...
by dankeelan | Feb 1, 2023 | Benefits, Featured, Gig Workers, Healthcare
Freelance work has a negative impact on the ability of nearly half of U.S. gig workers to find access to health insurance. In addition, many are stressed and frustrated by the lack of a social safety net, according to a study by Legal & General Group, a...
by dankeelan | Jun 14, 2022 | Featured, Healthcare, Hybrid Workplace, Mental Health, Remote Work
There has been a massive shift in the way work is done over the last two years. Millions across the world have embraced the remote work system, choosing to forgo the traditional office space and instead work from home. The remote work revolution has been impressive...
by dankeelan | Mar 29, 2022 | Gig Workers, Healthcare
A mysterious proposed ballot initiative that aimed to let companies treat nurses and other healthcare workers as gig workers was withdrawn less than three weeks after it was submitted. The initiative was filed with the California Attorney General’s office on Jan. 24,...
by dankeelan | Mar 21, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Healthcare
While the early months of the pandemic saw an emphasis placed on the contributions made by previously under-appreciated workers, from grocery store staff to nurses, refuge collectors to delivery drivers. There is a sense that such enthusiasm has waned as the pandemic...
by dankeelan | Feb 1, 2022 | Gig Workers, Healthcare
Healthcare, the nation’s fastest-growing industry, could be next in the push for laws to expand gig work. A measure filed this week with the California attorney general’s office seeks to ask the state’s voters in November to classify nurses, dental hygienists,...
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