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California Assembly to Loosen Gig-Worker Law
The bills would allow self-employed professionals in creative industries—as well as certified translators, promoters, and others who typically work for several employers on a contract basis—to maintain the independent status that they say is necessary to their...
EIDL Program: New SBA Grants And Loans For SMBs & Contractors
On June 15, 2020, the SBA announced that it was again opening up its Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) grant and loan program. This means that independent contractors, freelancers, and gig workers are eligible to receive a $1,000 grant that does not have to be...
Four Remote Work Trends
The Kung Group, recently surveyed more than 500 founders of venture-backed companies from within our network about how the global health crisis has impacted their businesses and altered their roadmaps for the 2020s. Some of the results were surprising....
Guide to Working from Home
Thirty-seven percent of remote workers wear their pajamas during the day. That may not be a best practice, especially on a Zoom call, but it’s the reality, according to a Monday.com survey of 1,000 full-time employed men and women in April that aimed to show...
Hazard Pay Law For Gig-Workers?
Instacart, the on-demand, grocery-delivery company, was a big beneficiary of the Covid-19 pandemic. A combination of being ordered to stay at home, coupled with peoples’ fear of catching the virus by venturing outside to shop for food, served as a big score for...
Seattle: First in Nation to Provide Premium Pay for Gig Workers
City Councilmembers voted unanimously Monday for legislation to provide premium pay for gig workers at food delivery companies in the city during the COVID-19 crisis. Council Bill 119799 directs food delivery network companies like Postmates and Grubhub to provide gig...
Union Workers Protest Wrongful Termination
Former workers at a luxury apartment building protested Monday after their employer fired them and seemed to blame their vote to unionize. Around a dozen union workers at Jersey City luxury apartment building The Beacon protested in front of the building, holding a...
How to Protect Your Small Business from Cyber Attacks
For 13 years, Verizon has released its annual Verizon Business Data Breach Investigation Report, or DBIR, a comprehensive look at more than 150,000 incidents that gives business owners insight into trends in cyber attacks. As expected, the 2020...
