by dankeelan | Nov 17, 2020 | Future of Work, U.S. Economy
Workers in the United States have lost control of perhaps the most important aspect of their lives: their time. Getting that time back is crucial — for workers’ well-being, for democracy, and for weakening the tyrannical power of the boss. It wasn’t supposed to be...
by dankeelan | Nov 10, 2020 | Finance, U.S. Economy
The market overall had a great start to the week on Monday with the S&P 500 index climbing 1.2% during the day. But shares of gig economy stocks, which benefit from temporary, short-term work, got pummeled, a reversal of how they have performed so far in...
by dankeelan | Nov 10, 2020 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits remains high by historical standards, with the latest weekly total coming in at 751,000. While some states have seen unemployment applications recede from record highs after the coronavirus pandemic hit...
by dankeelan | Nov 3, 2020 | Benefits, U.S. Economy
The March CARES Act, which authorized the first $1,200 stimulus check and the $600 weekly unemployment bonus, assisted hundreds of millions of Americans who were unemployed or in financial need when the pandemic first took root. In August, Trump signed four executive...
by dankeelan | Nov 3, 2020 | Future of Work, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Biden has pledged to use California’s AB5, which enshrined a three-part test for determining a workers status as employee or contractor, as a model for federal regulations. “Employer misclassification of ‘gig economy’ workers as independent...
by dankeelan | Oct 27, 2020 | Benefits, Featured, U.S. Economy
Millions of jobless Americans are poised to lose their unemployment benefits at the end of the year without action from Congress to extend temporary aid programs. A federal program paying benefits to gig workers and others (such as the self-employed, freelancers,...
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