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How to Know When Your Freelance Business Can Sustain You Full-Time
When people find out that I freelance, their curiosity piques. Some folks don’t quite understand why I’m not a part of the daily grind. Others, however, are more interested in how I got my start and when I knew I would be able to do this full-time. I am not going to...
Amazon Avoids Union in AL, Scrutiny Over Labor Practices Remains
Amazon prevailed Friday in its fight against labor organizing at its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse, with workers rejecting the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union by a ratio of 2-to-1. The union's definitive loss could be the end of the road for its...
UK Deliveroo Riders Strike Over Pay, Gig Work Conditions
Riders for the app-based meal delivery platform Deliveroo held a strike in London Wednesday over pay and working conditions, part of a broader backlash against one of the U.K.'s biggest gig economy companies. Scooter and bicycle delivery riders waving flags and red...
Working From Home: More Women Report Bullying by Managers
It's been a year since COVID-19 reshaped the working world for many professionals. For employees accustomed to being in an office environment, the shift to working remotely seemed a small sacrifice to make to keep their jobs in the face of a looming economic...
What Gig Workers Need to Know About Filing 2020 Taxes
No matter what you call it — gig work, side hustle, freelance — if you earn income of $400 or more in a year, you'll have to pay federal taxes on those earnings, along with contributions to Social Security and Medicare. Figuring out what you owe can be especially...
Studies: Stop Listing Years of Experience as a Job Requirement
Think there's a correlation between a candidate's years of experience and subsequent job performance? Think again. Skim any list of job postings and nearly all will expect candidates to meet an experience requirement. For example, one study of over 95,000 job...
Jobless Claims Mixed, but Lower on PUA
Initial Jobless Claims went back up last week, crossing the 700K mark many thought we’d left behind and up from the 675K analysts were expecting. It’s also up 62K from the previous week’s 657K, though this figure was drastically reduced on this week’s revision, from...
Coronavirus has Made Future of Entrepreneurship Digital, Greener and Diverse
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the US$90 trillion global economy - from job insecurity and rising unemployment to huge levels of stress on people and health-care services. However, we have seen positive developments emerge: small...
