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There’s a Hidden Financial Drawback to Remote Working
Employers across the country quickly embraced remote working when the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, and in many cases companies have suggested the new working arrangement was a success. Remote working becoming the new normal was a godsend for many employees,...
During COVID, Advancing Career Still Possible
As we come into our 12th month of responding to the pandemic, many people are calling this a lost year in their careers. Although there have been encouraging stories of well-placed workers who have thrived in our upset economy, their success has sometimes been...
Study: Restricting Gig Entrepreneurship Hinders Innovation, Economic Growth, Higher Incomes
Amid a renewed push in Congress and states to enact new gig economy restrictions following California's controversial AB 5, a new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute finds that enacting these harmful laws would hinder innovation and...
The Future is Now for Gig-based Entrepreneurship
With Californian Kamala Harris as vice president, it’s clear the new Biden administration is taking its cues from the once-Golden State on labor policy. In one of its first acts in office, the Biden Administration placed a regulatory freeze on a Department...
Facebook Launches Black Creator Accelerator Program ‘We the Culture’
Facebook has launched We the Culture, a new content initiative created and managed by a team of Black employees that is investing in and amplifying content from Black creators. The company announced an inaugural class of over 120 creators for We the Culture,... More...
How Reputation Management Can Impact Freelance Career
No matter how proficient you are in your trade, there must be a good reputation associated with your skills. I’ve seen freelancers who started out as writers, some more talented than others, now busy with data entry because they don’t have writing assignments in their...
Find Freelance Writing Jobs
Freelance writing jobs do pay people good earnings if they provide their sweat and blood to the field. As a beginner, writers face the most difficult task of finding clients, especially the good-paying ones. Finding your first client might take huge efforts....
ILO Calls for Gig Economy Regulation
The International Labor Organization urged better regulatory cooperation among countries to protect workers in the digital economy, saying the distinction between employees and the self-employed is increasingly becoming...
