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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...
On-Site, Remote or Hybrid? The Case for In-Person Teams
Government is right in the middle of the fast-moving change forced on all kinds of entities by the pandemic. The narrative in recent months has centered around the push to remote work and what that means for government. Will remote work get pushed even deeper into...
What To Consider When Switching To Long-Term Remote Work
In a recent PwC survey of 133 U.S. company executives, 83% said remote work has been a success, yet only 13% are prepared to give up the office for good. At the same time, the majority of both executives and the 1,200 office workers who participated in the...
Gig Workers of the World Are Uniting
Workers face significant challenges in building collective power in an industry that depends on their atomization. How do you bargain for more when your boss is an app, you’re paid by an algorithm, and you haven’t met your coworkers? How do you beat companies that can...
