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The American Workplace Isn’t Prepared for This Much Grief
The extent of our collective bereavement in the United States today is staggering. With more than 740,000 Americans dead from COVID-19, the country is grappling with an onslaught of grief. Some 72 percent of Americans say they know someone who has been hospitalized or...
Here’s Why You Should Automate Your Quarterly Tax Payments
Being well organized and having good time-management and self-starter skills can help you better succeed at freelancing. It can also be beneficial for freelancers to have good money-management skills. In most cases, freelance workers don't make a set regular income or...
Gig Workers Should Not Be ‘Credit Invisible’
In recent years, the gig economy has grown to the extent that it now employs an estimated 34% of the U.S. workforce. Our reliance on gig workers was highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic as many aspects of the traditional economy shut down. Consumers continue to...
California: Gig Workers’ Health Studied
By some estimates, California’s alternate or gig work economy makes up to 40% of the state’s workforce. Most of these project- and task-based work situations do not provide workers with job security, health and retirement benefits, or legal protections, yet little is...
Top 10 Freelancer Destinations in the World
New Zealand takes second place with a Freelancer Score of 7.20. New Zealand’s slightly higher cost of broadband ($62.94) is offset by its excellent performance on the Happiness (7.3/10) and Global Gender Gap indices, as well as having very strong legal...
4 Things That Help Me Succeed as a Freelancer
When I first became a freelance writer, I had no idea how it would go. I'd heard horror stories from fellow writers about how difficult the freelance lifestyle can be -- always chasing clients down for money, not having employer health insurance, and wondering...
3 States Lead in Rate of Worker Resignations
A record number of Americans are quitting their jobs across the U,S., a trend some have dubbed the "Great Resignation." But the phenomenon is making an outsized impact in some regions: In Georgia, Kentucky and Idaho, more than 4% of workers voluntarily left their...
I Convinced My Boss to Let Me Work a 4-day Week
In 2015, I burned out at my job as an account manager for a technology PR agency, where I had worked full time for the previous five years. I was exhausted and stressed, and I realized that I needed to reevaluate my work-life balance to feel better. I decided I wanted...
