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What New York’s New Legislation for Delivery Work Means for Gig Workers
If you’ve ordered takeout during the pandemic, chances are you’ve tapped into the gig economy. As this industry has exploded, one city is stepping up to ensure the rights of delivery workers are preserved and protected. The New York City Council recently passed a...
14 Ways To Encourage Your Team Members To Embrace New Tech
When a company introduces new tech, the leadership group and IT team may be excited at the productivity boosts and cost savings they expect to see. However, other employees may fall into various groups, ranging from enthusiastic first-adopters to those who stubbornly...
Amazon to Leave Remote Work Decisions to Team Leaders
Amazon no longer plans to bring corporate employees back to the office en masse in early January but will instead leave the decisions to individual team leaders at the director level, CEO Andy Jassy told employees Monday morning in an internal email. This means there...
Best Industries to Specialize in as a Freelance Writer
Article writing and copywriting are lucrative career choices for writers. If you have a niche subject area, the earning potential could be significantly higher. But which areas is it worth specializing in to win the best and most lucrative commissions? More From...
How Business Owners Can Help Homeless Veterans Through Employment
First and foremost, employers can reserve seats for veterans, meaning they can put aside a certain number of positions for veterans alone. Doing so will ensure veterans are getting the piece of mind that they would only have to struggle to get one of the reserved...
Tired of Trying to Get Your People to Wear More Hats?
I was building my first entrepreneurial company, a mission-driven, tech-powered healthcare startup. I joined the founder as his first full-time hire. He had previously helped run a much larger company, had huge ideas, and was looking for a place to build everything he...
Gig Economy Can Be Win-Win Situation
Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, the traditional workplace, whose foundations go back to the 1940s, has gone through some pretty striking changes, with everyone wondering about what will unfold to replace the nine-to-five jobs that we are familiar with. The...
Reimagining Gender Equality in the Workplace
The FT's Women in Business Forum hears Gill Whitty-Collins tell the FT's Brooke Masters why gender equality is key to building stronger businesses and societies. Watch Here
