WorkShifter_13October2020

WorkShifter -- Redefining Work

October 13, 2020

13 OCTOBER 2020

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday said roughly 9,000 gig workers received overpayments of their benefits. The agency is now trying to work with those claimants who ...

Besides being more cost-effective, gig and remote workers are proving to be more productive, efficient and deadline-oriented The adage,‘Necessity is the mother of invention’, has been ringing true during ...

Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc together are spending nearly $100 million on a November California ballot initiative to overturn a state law that would compel them to classify drivers as ...

Microsoft has chosen Upwork as its launch partner for the Microsoft 365 freelance Toolkit. The toolkit is an integrated workforce collaboration solution that helps enterprises work with freelancers at scale ...

A new majority Black and Latinx-owned and operated digital bank hopes to make supporting  Black-owned banks and businesses a little easier for consumers.Greenwood was created by Bounce ...

Most Microsoft employees are still working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the tech giant will apparently offer them more freedom to do so when its offices reopen. The company ...

Faced with seemingly random and fast-moving challenges throughout 2020, each one of us has had to consider what a changing world means for our personal life and for our business. It is hard to stay...

Technology, an industry that promises innovation and meritocracy, is at a moment of reckoning. Major technology companies have come under fire from elected officials, social justice leaders, and the general public for neglecting important social responsibilities in...

New York City-based FinTech startup Clair has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to disrupt payday lending schemes and help gig workers and freelancers get paid instantly. The funding was ...

As the need for flexibility in the post-COVID workplace continues to rise, organizations will need to build agile teams that help to prepare and respond to change quickly. A fractional talent model that ...