by dankeelan | Dec 15, 2020 | Benefits, Future of Work, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy, Unions
When California voters passed Proposition 22 with 58.6% of the vote, they agreed with Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates that gig workers should not be employees who are entitled to myriad labor rights. The proposition they passed stated that gig...
by dankeelan | Dec 8, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, U.S. Economy
After a fiercely contentious, chaos-inducing, and at times, dystopian run up to the 2020 presidential election, it now appears clear that Joe Biden will be sworn in as our 46th president on Jan. 20, 2021. A new administration will be poised to implement sweeping...
by dankeelan | Dec 8, 2020 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
This November, gig economy companies won a resounding victory on the California ballot. Voters overwhelmingly agreed to allow them to keep their workers as contractors, not employees. Now, those companies want to export that framework to the rest of the country....
by dankeelan | Dec 1, 2020 | Benefits, U.S. Economy
Congress only has weeks to pass another relief package before the end of the year and a new proposal from a group of bipartisan lawmakers would bring relief to people, but not in the form of direct payments. On Tuesday, Democratic and Republican senators and...
by dankeelan | Dec 1, 2020 | Featured, Finance, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
The U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday proposed a pilot program to allow tech companies like Uber and Lyft to pay gig workers up to 15% of their annual compensation in equity rather than cash, a move it said was designed to reflect changes in the workforce. The...
by dankeelan | Nov 24, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, U.S. Economy
Researchers from Harvard Business School’s Managing the Future of Work Project and Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute today released the report “Building the On-Demand Workforce,” which explores the recent rise of digital talent...
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