WorkShifter_09March2021

WorkShifter -- Redefining Work

March 09, 2021

9 MARCH 2021

Even in emerging job economies, a gender pay gap is evident, and new research points to women’s lower pay expectations. Amid pandemic-related job losses or furloughs, gig work has boomed ...

A pioneer in the future of work, in 2020, Fiverr played a critical role, as the working world learned to do things remotely. “In the last year, the future of work became the present,” Arnon insists. “For ...

Last May, Mike Ungar, 62, happily headed off to retirement. After 35 years working in management for tire manufacturer Michelin North America, Ungar, of Simpsonville, S.C., was looking forward to volunteer work and spending more time with his then 2-year-old grandson....

Democratic leaders are rushing to pass an economic aid package this week before $300 per week enhanced unemployment benefits expire on March 14. On Feb. 27, the Democratic-controlled House ...

Across the state, Minnesotans will have the opportunity to voice their support for workers with disabilities and their caretakers during a virtual iteration of the Capitol Rally for Disability Services ...

Hantz Févry and his co-founder Korkmaz envisioned Stoovo as a way to level the playing field by providing gig workers with information about the highest paying jobs available on the gig platforms at any one time. "What the platforms are doing is they are optimizing to...

Best practices of companies on Working Mother's 2020+ Top Companies for Executive Women released Dec. 1 include offering training for managers on hiring and advancing women ...

Self-employed and gig workers who have been waiting for new rules that would mean larger forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program can now move forward with their ...

Buried in the legislation are provisions that will require them to provide a lot more information to the IRS about the money millions of people earn through their platforms, which is likely to bring in billions ...

The workforce is no stranger to sweeping changes, from the industrial revolution to overseas outsourcing. AI and automation is another iteration of a workforce revolution. The culture of fear that ...