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Webinar: Tips for Hiring an Agile Workforce
As the need for flexibility in the post-COVID workplace continues to rise, organizations will need to build agile teams that help to prepare and respond to change quickly. A fractional talent model that includes both full-time and flexible staff can help executives...
Upwork & Microsoft and Upwork to Provide Workforce Collaboration Toolkit
Microsoft has chosen Upwork as its launch partner for the Microsoft 365 freelance Toolkit. The toolkit is an integrated workforce collaboration solution that helps enterprises work with freelancers at scale and is powered by Microsoft 365 and Upwork Enterprise. The...
Black-owned Bank sees Tens of Thousands of New Account Requests
A new majority Black and Latinx-owned and operated digital bank hopes to make supporting Black-owned banks and businesses a little easier for consumers.Greenwood was created by Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover and his close friend,...
A Bright Future for Remote Work
Faced with seemingly random and fast-moving challenges throughout 2020, each one of us has had to consider what a changing world means for our personal life and for our business. It is hard to stay in this mindset because we all want to find a place where we feel...
Pandemic Triggers Shift to Gig Workers
Besides being more cost-effective, gig and remote workers are proving to be more productive, efficient and deadline-oriented The adage,‘Necessity is the mother of invention’, has been ringing true during the past decade or more as tech innovations keep disrupting...
Gig Work Pay Startup Raises $4.5M
New York City-based FinTech startup Clair has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to disrupt payday lending schemes and help gig workers and freelancers get paid instantly. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures. Additional investors included Founder...
Thousands Of Gig Workers Can Appeal After Being Asked To Pay Back Overpayment Of Unemployment Benefits
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday said roughly 9,000 gig workers received overpayments of their benefits. The agency is now trying to work with those claimants who were then asked to pay back that money. “Basically it was panic mode, what are...
Uber, Lyft Spend Big to Defeat CA Gig Worker Proposal
Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as employees. That sum looks less huge, however, than the potential costs of...
