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Tips to Avoid Bringing Job Stress Home
The lines between work and home life can easily become blurred. Such lines became even more blurry during the pandemic, when many children did not attend school in person while their parents worked from home exclusively. Such situations made it hard for everyone to...
Biden Administration Reverses Trump-era Gig Workers Rule
President Joe Biden’s Labor Department on Wednesday rescinded a Trump-era rule that would have made it easier for businesses in the United States to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. “By...
How Remote Work Lends Itself to Reshaping the Back Office
The pandemic has been hard on everyone in different ways, and though the end is in sight, we're not there yet. But, as we close in on a year and a half of working from home, we can look back with some perspective and perhaps a little pride at how we've adapted...
New York Gig Workers to Get Easy Unionizing Path in Draft Bill
New York delivery and ride-share workers at companies such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Instacart Inc. would have a straightforward ability to unionize and collectively bargain en masse—without being classified as employees—under the terms of a...
Permanent Jobs Rise as Employers Sweeten Pay, Benefits for Gig Workers amid Labor Shortages
No doubt the gig economy is still the rage and growing. But many freelancers, contractors and temporary workers who may be weary of all the hustling, the instability and the scant benefits are switching to more traditional jobs as the economy reopens after more than a...
3 Ways to Harness the Power of LinkedIn for Your Gig Career
Confidence is growing and businesses are coming back to life after more than a year of struggle. Hiring is in full swing, and B2B gig workers are competing for project-based work. Nearly 40 percent of U.S. workers have been freelancing during the...
Gig Work Realities that Prevent People from Being Successful
Over the past decade, the gig economy has exploded. The opportunities available for gig work seem endless: rideshares, delivery drivers, copywriting, accounting, web developers ... the list goes on and on. Not only that, but it seems like everyone either knows someone...
States with the Highest Rates of Severe Injuries in the Workplace
Severe injuries on the job are common no matter where you are in the United States, but according to a new analysis, there are some states where employees may have heightened risk to broken bones, amputations, and workplace trauma. Help Advisor analyzed OSHA’s...
