WorkShifter_08December2020

WorkShifter -- Redefining Work

December 08, 2020

08 DECEMBER 2020

With some 40 percent of U.S. workers in long-term temporary employment, or "gig" jobs, the idea of a "social contract" in which an individual receives benefits over a lifetime working for a single firm ...

While some American workers have gone back to the office, Gallup’s recent annual Work and Education poll shows that 33% are still working remotely full-time due to the coronavirus ....

With millions of jobs lost, robots on the rise, and white-collar workers toiling largely at home, COVID-19 appears to have ushered in a new normal in the global workplace. But many of these ...

One of the more challenging issues you'll face when starting your own business is finding the overhead to cover startup costs. And if you're having trouble finding the money or have a smaller budget, you ...

COVID-19 is taking an obvious toll on Santa Claus’ ability to visit with children this year. But in California, there’s another thing stopping St. Nicholas from spreading Christmas cheer: Assembly Bill 5, or ...

Freelancers' work-from-home skills have given them a real advantage with COVID-19's impact on businesses. And freelance software developers have a particular edge, since companies are looking ...

Uber's latest diversity report shows a decline in the overall representation of Black employees in the U.S. despite an increased focus on racial justice this year in the wake of the police killing of George ...

This November, gig economy companies won a resounding victory on the California ballot. Voters overwhelmingly agreed to allow them to keep their workers as contractors, not employees. Now ....

For years now, security experts have warned of privacy risks associated with using Amazon’s and Google’s AI-based, virtual assistants carelessly. Alexa- and Google Assistant-powered devices ...

After a fiercely contentious, chaos-inducing, and at times, dystopian run up to the 2020 presidential election, it now appears clear that Joe Biden will be sworn in as our 46th president on Jan. 20, 2021 ...