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Will Gig Workers Surrender Employee Status for Other Benefits?
Companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash hope to negotiate compromises with their workers without classifying them as employees. Some U.S. workers are willing to compromise, but many want to be classified as employees, which gives them the right to unionize. Gig...
Gig Workers, Here To Stay, Might Pose Hidden Cybersecurity Risk
TechRepublic's Karen Roby spoke with James Christiansen, VP and CSO of Netskope, about cybersecurity concerns with the gig workforce. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. Karen Roby: We talk about the gig workforce. We're seeing so many people...
Top Six Platforms for Finding your Next Gig
It’s no secret that we are living in a world of side hustles, main hustles, part-time work and multiple jobs. In fact, the so-called “gig economy” grew enormously during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Forbes, now almost 60 million Americans...
The Contra Report: The Future Of Independent Work
The Contra survey population included over 10,000 high earning independent workers in a variety of fields. These are freelancers in engineering, marketing, product development, design and content creation each earning more than $70,000 (USD) annually. It’s...
What You Need to Know About Working and Taxes This Summer
It looks like teenagers are returning to the job market this summer. With some schools already shutting their doors, teens are heading out—and into restaurants, pools, and other seasonal opportunities. According to the latest employment data, nearly 256,000 teens aged...
The People Who Deliver Your Food Are Hungry
The pandemic added food-insecurity to the list of daily struggles gig workers face. In New York City, they've banded together to demand better working conditions. On a sunny Saturday in March, Gustavo Ajche and Ligia Guallpa welcomed two dozen food delivery couriers...
A Career Change Saved My Life
A recent study by the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization found that working at least 55 hours a week was causing hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and was linked to a higher risk of stroke and heart disease. Long...
Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Weaken Public-Sector Labor Unions
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a bid to weaken the power of public-sector unions, refusing to reconsider a 1984 ruling that lets them serve as the exclusive bargaining agent for workers. The justices without comment rejected an appeal by Jade Thompson, an Ohio...
