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WorkShifter_14April2020
WorkShifter -- The Voice of the Independent Worker
14 APRIL 2020
The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t hit its peak yet, but it’s already cost a record number of Americans their jobs, with 16.8 million people filing unemployment claims in the last month. Many stared down the ...
Gig workers seemingly eligible for unemployment pay because of the pandemic have met roadblocks to filing. Some fault Labor Department rules. Shortly after the Senate approved a huge stimulus bill in ...
The gig market for legal technologists may experience a significant uptick this year as downsizing law firms look to continue leveraging their expertise. As-needed, part-time hiring of ...
HELEN HASN’T TAKEN a day off in weeks. Since the novel coronavirus crisis began, she’s taken countless trips to the grocery store as an Instacart shopper, ferrying bags of food to people for what ...
Two years ago, I took my thriving freelance-writing business down to 20 hours a week of work, as I noticed that I had fallen into the trap of “More hours means more output, right?” At that point I had ...
Over the past decade, remote work has evolved from being a cool company perk to an expectation for most job seekers in the corporate space, especially in tech. The numbers back this up, as ...
Tech and gig economy workers are talking to unions about organizing as they worry the industry isn't doing enough to protect them from the coronavirus.Why it matters: The crisis could ...
For many workers in the age of coronavirus, paychecks have been hard to come by as economies all over the world grind to standstill. That’s especially true for entertainers who work on ...
In the last decade, the gig economy has steadily gained momentum, changing how we work. A recent report from the ADP Research Institute studied anonymized data of 8 million ...
The $2 trillion federal stimulus package passed on March 27th allowed for gig and freelance workers to apply for state unemployment benefits for the first time. But nearly three weeks later, it's anyone's ...