WorkShifter_24November2020

WorkShifter -- Redefining Work

November 24, 2020

24 NOVEMBER 2020

When California voters approved Proposition 22, they sent a clear message to lawmakers: protect flexible work. Many independent contractors breathed a sigh of relief at this victory, which ...

Researchers from Harvard Business School's Managing the Future of Work Project and Boston Consulting Group's Henderson Institute today released the report "Building the On-Demand ...

This November, Blushington Makeup & Beauty Lounge launches the Blushington Academy for Artist Advancement. The Academy is designed for makeup artists, cosmetology and esthetics school ...

The 2020 pandemic exposed gaps in network security postures that no one could have foreseen. Unsecured home networks, use of BYOD (bring-your-own-device), and siloed operations made ...

Gig Wage, a payments platform founded by a Black former college basketball player in 2014, recently announced a partnership with online banking giant Green Dot that could take the Dallas-based ...

One moment you're in a conference room gathered shoulder to shoulder with your colleagues, discussing the latest Netflix series, waiting for the weekly meeting to start, and then the next ...

There’s nothing worse than relying on emails, phone calls, and hope when it comes to delivering work and getting paid as a freelancer. Not only does this spike anxiety (a key pitfall for freelancers), it also ....

At the same time gig companies were ramping up efforts to pass Proposition 22, a ballot measure exempting them from classifying drivers as employees in California, Lyft was already gearing ...

Although remote working has increased threefold over the past 15 years, when 2020 began it was still not a common situation, accounting for a scant four percent of all workers according to the Chicago ...

In 2018, the global gig economy generated $204 billion in gross volume, with transportation‑ based services, such as ride‑sharing, taking the share of the cake at 58%. This economy was ...