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How the Pandemic Turned an Introvert into a Voice for Gig Workers
The coronavirus pandemic drove many people to recognize gig work as "essential" for the first time, but the crisis also revealed the stark disparities between jobs that come with security and benefits and gig work, which does not. And Solis, the introvert, became a...
Grubhub Gig Workers React Angrily to Change in Tipping Policy
California-based workers for food delivery app Grubhub have reacted angrily to changes to the platform which they say discourage tipping, saying they would wipe out the supposed benefits of new gig worker rules in the state. Last month, California passed Proposition...
Uber and Lyft’s Gig Work Law Could Expand Beyond California
IN NOVEMBER, GIG companies including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart helped pass California’s Proposition 22, effectively writing their own labor law. Now the companies plan to bring similar legislation elsewhere. Last month, the...
Facebook Takes On TaskRabbit to Book Gig Workers
The social media giant is looking to build a services feature that connects gig workers with users looking for home repair or freelance jobs, The Information reported. The company is forming a team focused on this new initiative, but Facebook could decide to...
COVID-19: Lasting Impact on Future of Work
451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, shares the 2021 outlook on key segments within the industry, highlighting lasting impact of COVID-19. The pandemic is moving digital technology strategy into an even more central position for many...
Why Mentoring Should Be Your New Year’s Resolution
Mentoring has some amazing career benefits, for both mentor and mentee. While the world hopes we see some return to normalcy in 2021, it is likely that the workplace restrictions we have been in will continue for some time longer, and possible that the workplace has...
Self-sabotage: Good for Your Career?
We’re about to enter that New Years’ phase of the year when we set big scary goals for ourselves, and then (more often than we’d like to admit) we don’t follow through. After we “fail,” we succumb to negative self-talk and we beat ourselves up for not getting in...
The Future of Leadership: Managing Hybrid Teams
In places around the world where Covid-19 is substantially under control—such as in Australia, Taiwan, and Singapore—governments and companies are allowing, and even encouraging, people to head back to the office. Once vaccines become widely available, many companies...






