by dankeelan | Feb 22, 2022 | California, Gig Workers, Pay, Race
In November 2020, the people of California voted to pass Proposition 22, which classified workers for rideshare and delivery companies as independent contractors instead of employees. The ballot measure was a direct response to the California State Legislature...
by dankeelan | Feb 22, 2022 | Gig Workers, Pay
The fight to secure gig workers more employment rights and protections has been one of Albany’s more intractable policy issues for several years now. Powerful and deep-pocketed gig companies like Uber and DoorDash have long resisted efforts to reclassify gig workers...
by dankeelan | Feb 15, 2022 | Pay
Britain’s jobs market continued its recovery as the number of payrolled workers jumped last month but wages have continued to lag behind soaring inflation, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics said the number of UK workers on payrolls rose...
by dankeelan | Feb 15, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
Do Uber drivers make $10 an hour? $50 an hour? Are they working two jobs at the same time? Do they feel exploited? Do they stick around for years? We had our hunches but we weren’t sure, until now. How are you going to try to make effective labour market laws that...
by dankeelan | Oct 19, 2021 | Featured, Pay, Remote Work
For the past 12 years, Brian Hartvigsen has worked remotely from Boise, Idaho. Now an engineering director for the analytics platform ChartHop, he first began working remotely shortly out of college for OpenDNS in 2009. At first, he didn’t realize that where he lived...
by dankeelan | Oct 19, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay
Throughout the pandemic, workers flocked to the gig economy looking to make up for lost income or deficiencies in their full-time income and to take advantage of the influx in available jobs. While accelerated over the last year, this trend shows no signs of slowing...
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