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Europe Kicks Off Bid to Find a Route to ‘Better’ Gig Work
The European Union has kicked off the first stage of a consultation process involving gig platforms and workers. Regional lawmakers have said they want to improve working conditions for people who provide labor via platforms which EU digital policy chief, Margrethe...
Personal Finance Tips for Freelancers and Gig Workers
According to a study conducted by Upwork and Freelancers Union, 57 million Americans freelanced in 2019. It's likely that this number will only continue to grow in the coming years. Whether you're freelancing on a full-time basis or working a gig as a side hustle,...
Gig Companies Prepare to Bring Fight for Independent Work Nationwide Under a Skeptical Biden Administration
Still fresh off of a landmark victory in California, companies like DoorDash, Instacart, Lyft and Uber are preparing to bring their message supporting an independent workforce nationwide. But the companies will face new hurdles in passing similar legislation outside...
Gig Workers Gather Their Own Data to Check the Algorithm’s Math
Software engineer Armim Samii created a Google Chrome extension, UberCheats, that helps workers spot pay discrepancies. The extension automatically extracts the start and end points of each trip and calculates the shortest travel distance between the two. If that...
There’s a Hidden Financial Drawback to Remote Working
Employers across the country quickly embraced remote working when the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, and in many cases companies have suggested the new working arrangement was a success. Remote working becoming the new normal was a godsend for many employees,...
During COVID, Advancing Career Still Possible
As we come into our 12th month of responding to the pandemic, many people are calling this a lost year in their careers. Although there have been encouraging stories of well-placed workers who have thrived in our upset economy, their success has sometimes been...
Study: Restricting Gig Entrepreneurship Hinders Innovation, Economic Growth, Higher Incomes
Amid a renewed push in Congress and states to enact new gig economy restrictions following California's controversial AB 5, a new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute finds that enacting these harmful laws would hinder innovation and...
The Future is Now for Gig-based Entrepreneurship
With Californian Kamala Harris as vice president, it’s clear the new Biden administration is taking its cues from the once-Golden State on labor policy. In one of its first acts in office, the Biden Administration placed a regulatory freeze on a Department...
