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How Your Gig Work Income Could Take a Hit with New Tax Rules for Payment Apps
If you are one of the millions of Americans who makes an income through gig work or a side hustle, you probably get paid through an app like Venmo or PayPal or Cash App. They make it easy to exchange money for services and products - no muss, no fuss - until now....
‘Uber for Nurses?’: Initiative Targets Healthcare for a ‘Gig Work’ Law
Healthcare, the nation’s fastest-growing industry, could be next in the push for laws to expand gig work. A measure filed this week with the California attorney general’s office seeks to ask the state’s voters in November to classify nurses, dental hygienists,...
Working as a Freelancer? These 10 Tech Skills Could Get You Work Faster
The freelancer market is seeing an uplift as employers seek out independent professionals to fill talent gaps, according to freelancer platform Upwork. Upwork's latest Freelance Forward Economist report found that the share of US workers who classify as permanent...
Three Things That Bother Employees Most About Their Jobs
What you think might be bothering your employees—or are the most important for retaining or recruiting them—may not be in sync with their frustrations or priorities and could create a crisis at your company or organization. That’s why business...
After the Shift to Remote Work, New Hope for a Four-day Workweek
The global shift over the past two years to remote work has led to something unexpected: an uptick in the adoption of a four-day workweek, raising hopes that a tipping point could come soon. In a number of industries, calls for a change to the standard five-day,...
Five Leadership Tips for Founders as Your Business Scales
As businesses grow beyond the early start-up phase, their founders may need new leadership skills to lay the foundations for scaling up. Founders often raise questions of time management, team culture and knowledge gaps as top concerns as their businesses mature and...
SBA Announces ‘Small Business Digital Alliance’
On Friday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Business Forward Inc., a non-profit organization working with small business leaders in support of policies promoting America’s economic competitiveness, announced the launch of the Small Business Digital...
India: BigBasket Bets Big on Gig Work for Delivery Roles
Online grocer BigBasket is looking at gig work in a big way for the roles of delivery personnel because the model works well in blue-collar jobs where it is easy to establish a direct link between output and payout, according to HR Head TN Hari. More than 95 per...
