WorkShifter_19May2020

WorkShifter -- The Voice of the Independent Worker

19 MAY 2020

The current global health crisis has created an unusual and unprecedented divide in the labor market. Now there are Essential and Non-Essential workers and businesses. What defines one and ...

The Etho, launched last August in Austin, features hundreds of items--jute-rope coasters, radish-root body creams, shoes hand-embroidered in a traditional Palestinian style--whose sales benefit ...

So. You’re part of a team distributed across space and time zones. Maybe you’re full-time remote employees, maybe you work in company offices scattered here n’ there, maybe you’ve got a bit of ...

Spring is here, and with the COVID-19 lockdown maintaining its course, there has never been a better time to begin a home garden. While staying safely at home, growing your own herbs can be meditative ...

Whether the economic impact of the coronavirus caused you to be furloughed or limited your income, you might wonder what you can do now to prepare for a post-coronavirus job market. Global ...

About a fifth of companies in the San Francisco Bay Area are following Twitter’s lead and planning to keep their workforces at home even after stay-at-home orders are lifted, according to a Bay Area ...

Remote working has become the new normal for countless Americans as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause massive disruption. The arrangement does have its advantages such ...

Companies all over the country are implementing plans to go back to work safely following the coronavirus shutdown. Freelancers may want to follow suit. Whether it involves scouring public ...

Stressed home workers are struggling to switch off during  COVID-19 lockdown and it’s impacting their mental health, according to the findings of a new study by cloud communications platform provider ...

Approximately two months ago, Western countries shut down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and most employers asked their employees to work from home. For those not used to working remotely...