by dankeelan | Apr 26, 2022 | Featured, Future of Work, Safety
There are so many rituals, practices, and beliefs that are petering out in our post-pandemic working lives. The handshake. The necktie. The notion that workers can’t be trusted to be productive when they work at home, or in a cafe, or anywhere else...
by dankeelan | Apr 12, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, Safety
Isabella Lewis was driving for Lyft on a Sunday in Plano, Texas, last August when she was carjacked and killed by her passenger. As her family tried to piece together what happened, they kept receiving calls from an insurance company they didn’t recognize, but finally...
by dankeelan | Jan 4, 2022 | Featured, Legal, Safety
An employee injured at work generally is limited to workers compensation benefits, which the worker is entitled to receive whether the employer was negligent or not. If an employee can prove he or she contracted COVID-19 at work, which California law makes easier if...
by dankeelan | Dec 21, 2021 | Featured, Race, Safety
Gig workers of color in America are twice as likely to report health and safety risks as their white peers — and that’s on top of lacking the basic benefits enjoyed by full-time workers. A new study by the Pew Research Center found that gig workers of...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Safety
In a major new report on the state of gig work, 16% of U.S. adults tell Pew Research that they’ve earned money through an online gig platform in the past year. Among those, one in three say it’s become their primary job, and nearly 60% add that the income...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Safety
A study of 1,000 gig economy workers found that of the 59 per cent who have been injured at work, 85 per cent were unable to work for an average of five weeks. But 60 per cent claim this was unpaid, with more than one in 10 admitting they should have taken time off...
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