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WorkShifter_20October2020
WorkShifter -- Redefining Work
20 OCTOBER 2020
With the pandemic sending unemployment to highs not seen since the 1930s Great Depression, more people are joining the growing U.S. army of gig workers, competing for jobs they say pay less ...
Mastercard is working with portable benefits program Stride in order to help companies offer U.S. workers access to affordable healthcare plans, according to a press release emailed to ...
A ballot measure would create a new legal classification for Uber drivers, Instacart shoppers, and DoorDash deliverers—not quite employees, but not the independent contractors they’ve been until ...
Workers for a grocery delivery platform owned by U.S. retailer Target are striking to protest at the company's new payment algorithm. Shipt used to pay its workers a percentage of each order but ...
The pace of America's jobs recovery continues to slow. Another 840,000 workers filed for initial unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Department of Labor reported ...
The Gig Economy Challenge was held in Malaysia for the first time this year to improve the financial situations of gig workers due to the coronavirus pandemic. In March, 110 teams from 21 member ...
Many businesses are suffering due to COVID-19, but Logitech is enjoying rapid growth and an explosion in sales The company manufactures PC accessories and peripherals including mice ...
As Election Day nears, California voters are being bombarded with ads featuring smiling Black and brown faces championing Proposition 22, the initiative by Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. and ...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused many businesses in the U.S. and around the world to switch to remote work. Teams had to quickly move from face-to-face work in offices to Zoom (or another virtual ...
Freelancing is the future. As the term has expanded beyond its original meaning to act as a short of umbrella term covering independent contractors, consultants and the otherwise self-employed who ...