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UK: Labour Party Pledges Same Rights for All Workers
All workers from direct employees to those in the gig economy would be eligible for sick pay, holiday, parental leave and the minimum wage from day one of their jobs under new plans announced by Labour. The party said it would create a new definition of “worker”...
Could Your Side Hustle Become a Second Career?
In this episode of Hit the Ground Running podcast, Yasmin and Christina turned to Jasmine Lawrence, founder of natural hair and body care line Eden BodyWorks, to learn more about how to turn their hobbies into additional streams of income. In addition to being the CEO...
9 Expert Tips to Start and Run a Successful Online Freelance Business
The Internet is creating limitless opportunities for users worldwide and freelancing seems to be one of the most exciting things to do online. To freelance is to be an independent worker who earns wages on a per-job or per-task basis. Given the advantages of being...
Management Skills: Four Ways to Make Great Decisions Quickly
With multiple inputs and data points, CIOs and their technology teams have to be careful not to overthink the questions that the business poses and to instead make strong, fast decisions that produce the right results for the rest of the organisation. So what's the...
Working From Home Has Done Nothing to Stop “Lookism”
It was reasonable to hope that focus on, and consideration of, physical appearances might have waned over the long course of the Covid crisis and its work-from-home side effect. Despite many months of remote office interactions, a widespread loosening of fashion...
Remote Workers More Replaceable than In-person Workers
The ability to work from home may be the mother of all perks for some workers, but others worry it could stand in the way of advancing their careers — and managers seem to share their doubts. Nearly six in 10 workers said that permanently working from home would...
Gig Workers Paying 54% Less For Health Insurance
Gig workers have enjoyed many benefits: flexibility, added income opportunities, and control over their time. But access to affordable, high-quality health insurance has not been one of the perks. Until now. Thanks to the American Rescue Plan (ARP) passed in...
Best Gig Economy Jobs
Gig jobs can go by many names – freelancing, side hustles, temp jobs or contract work – but they all operate under the same basic principle. Workers move from one assignment to the next, selecting the jobs they want and working under conditions they choose. “The gig...
