by dankeelan | Apr 13, 2020 | Gig Workers, Technology, Tools
In the last decade, the gig economy has steadily gained momentum, changing how we work. A recent report from the ADP Research Institute studied anonymized data of 8 million workers in 75,000 companies across the world to arrive at a few astonishing findings:...
by dankeelan | Apr 13, 2020 | Gig Workers, Technology, U.S. Economy
The gig market for legal technologists may experience a significant uptick this year as downsizing law firms look to continue leveraging their expertise. As-needed, part-time hiring of legal technologists may become the new norm as law firms balance tighter budgets...
by dankeelan | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured, Technology
Guns and bullets. Bulletproof vests. Nail salon excursions, jewelry and hangover kits. These are among the expenses employees bill to their companies, according to AppZen, a provider of financial software. You’ve got to hand it to them, employees are certainly...
by dankeelan | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Technology
In a test kitchen in a corner building in downtown Pasadena, Flippy the robot grabbed a fryer basket full of chicken fingers, plunged it into hot oil — its sensors told it exactly how hot — then lifted, drained and dumped maximally tender tenders into a waiting...
by dankeelan | Jan 8, 2020 | Jobs, Technology, U.S. Economy
In all likelihood, your co-workers pay taxes. But what happens if your boss replaces them with sophisticated software or dexterous machines—ones that perform the same tasks for less money (at least over the long run) and contribute nothing in payroll taxes? One...
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