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The Future of Work Is Now, and It Relies on Technology
Digital transformation was already a huge talking point for companies before 2020, but that conversation went into hyperspeed when the pandemic hit. Almost overnight, not only did organizations need to have the right technology in place to keep business operations...
MENTOR Announces the 2022 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll
Largest-Ever Recognition of Corporations Across the Country Dedicating Outstanding Support for the Youth Mentoring Movement. MENTOR, the unifying champion for the mentoring movement, released its 2022 National Corporate Mentoring Honor Roll today, a list recognizing...
Google Tested a Meeting Ban and Unexpectedly Reinvented Remote Work
It's not about working from home, it's about being more strategic about meetings. Years ago, Google dropped jaws and sent millions into pure joy when it temporarily banned virtual meetings. It was a test to see if doing so would come with any of its suspected...
Is Remote Work Failing Young Workers?
Research led by Associate Professor Ashish Malik, Head of the Management Discipline at the University of Newcastle, Australia, concludes the impact of technological disruptions on several workplace innovations in workplace redesign. These include flexible work...
Best Gig Insurance
As the U.S. workforce continues to migrate from traditional onsite employment locations to jobs as remote and contract employees, the gig economy has emerged as a new, flexible and short-term type of work. Recent statistics show roughly a third of US workers are part...
Upwork CTO Shares Advice for IT Pros Considering a Freelance Gig
Bill Detwiler talks with Saty Bahadur, chief technology officer at Upwork, about what it takes to be successful as a freelance software developer or IT professional. What’s it take to be successful as a freelance developer or IT professional? That’s what we are going...
Ontario to Introduce ‘Historic’ Legislation to Give Gig Workers $15 Minimum Wage
The Ontario government is set to introduce what it says is first-of-its-kind legislation that would extend the province's minimum wage to gig workers. The Working for Workers Act is aimed at adding protection for app-based workers like Uber and Lyft...
Organized Labor Regroups in Battle Against Gig-economy Giants
A coalition of labor groups pushing to make gig workers count as employees in Massachusetts has renamed their campaign and begun hiring staff that will try to fight some of the giants of the tech world on multiple fronts. But most gig workers in Massachusetts don't...
