Freelancing Navigating the Gig Economy: A Guide for Entrepreneurs and Professionals oreilly.com - www.oreilly.com This video explains what a gig economy is, why working online is good for the seller, and why it is good for the buyer – and thus why it is the …
Inverseflipped into InverseClimate Change AI is making it hard for gig workers to survive Inverse - Thor Benson It's called algorithmic wage control, and it's happening with companies you use. Artificial intelligence is constantly advancing and being used in …
Techflipped into Tech PodcastsTech Podcasts How safe is Uber? art19.com Uber released its first-ever safety report. How should we think about its numbers and what do they tell us about safety and sexual misconduct in the …
TechCrunchflipped into News about startups from TechCrunchStartups Portify raises £7M Series A for its fintech app for ‘modern’ or gig economy workers TechCrunch - Steve O'HearPortify, the London fintech startup that offers an app and various financial products to help gig economy and other modern, flexible or “self-employed” workers better manage their finances, has raised
VoxMoney Odd Job: a Q&A series about the weirdest ways people make money Vox - Luke WinkieA marijuana delivery driver. A wedding speech writer. A professional twin (two, even). Amid the rise of the gig economy and falling unemployment, people all over America have found themselves taking on
Essays Penny Fractions: How Musicians Fought, and Won, Against Big Business getrevue.co - www.getrevue.co Hi everybody! Tonight I’ll be having an event for my self-published essay (NuMusic: A Gig Economy Solution) at 8pm at Molasses Books (770 Hart St, …
The Washington PostEmployment Laws to protect Uber drivers could put freelance journalists out of business The Washington Post - Kim KavinAs it turns out, I was right. Today, I work fewer hours, I work only the hours I want, and I make six figures. I’m happier, I get to pick my projects, and I get to choose which editors I want in my life.
Maclean'sToronto, ON The gig economy keeps growing, but its workers are fed up - macleans.ca - Sarah Treleaven Collective action has become a rallying cry around the world for Foodora couriers, Uber drivers, and other gig economy workers. But will the movement …
Seeking AlphaInvesting Uber launching Ski feature Seeking Alpha - Brandy Betz Uber (UBER +0.9%) Ski will launch on December 17, allowing customers to order a ride with confirmed extra space or a ski rack. The feature will launch …
Business Insider Indiaflipped into Latest StoriesInsurance This is how insurance is changing for gig workers and freelancers businessinsider.in - Lea Nonninger This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about Business …
Mok Bernardflipped into Cover newsInvesting The Rise Of The Gig Economy | Seeking Alpha Seeking Alpha - Michael A. Gayed, CFA It’s easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don’t change, your field changes around you. - Walter Gilbert Technology is …
D Callahanflipped into TaxHow-To's The Freelancer's Guide to End-of-Year Tax Prep Lifehacker - Nicole Dieker I started preparing for next year’s taxes in October of this year. By the first week of November, I sent my CPA a prepared document listing my …
Liberal View Great Employment Numbers: 44% of Fully Employed Make $18,000 a Year or Less therealnews.com MARC STEINER: Welcome to The Real News. I’m Marc Steiner. Good to have you all with this. Now, the unemployment rate is at its lowest point in 50 …
Business (Canada) 40% of Canadian Millennials Are Gig Economy Workers yahoo.com - Christopher Liew, CFA The gig economy in Canada is thriving: 40% of the people who are part of this economy are millennials. According to a study by Angus Reid Institute …
The Telegraphflipped into BusinessBusiness Gig economy insurer Kingsbridge up for sale after talks with Gallagher break down The Telegraph - By Lucy BurtonGig economy insurer Kingsbridge is up for sale after takeover talks with rugby sponsor Gallagher collapsed, sources have told The Telegraph. Premiership rugby sponsor Gallagher, which was this year accused
The New York Timesflipped into OpinionOpinion The Gig Economy’s Sexual Misconduct Problem, and How to Fix It The New York TimesUber has released its long-awaited safety report, detailing sexual assaults, fatal physical assaults and motor vehicle fatalities in the United States. The results on sexual assault are disturbing: nearly
Guelph, ON CANADA: New study suggests workers in the gig economy feel lonely and powerless guelphtoday.com - www.guelphtoday.com This article, written by Paul Glavin, McMaster University; Alex Bierman, University of Calgary, and Scott Schieman, University of Toronto, originally …
Daily Mailflipped into MoneyMoney (UK) Debt warning as banks target the gig economy thisismoney.co.uk - By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Britain's biggest banks are preparing to sell risky mortgages and loans to millions of gig economy workers in an echo of the borrowing boom before …
Financial TimesOnline Life Uber and Airbnb earn praise for headway on customer safety Financial Times - Tim BradshawGig economy companies are finally starting to take more responsibility for the safety of their customers, campaigners say, after drastic moves from Uber and Airbnb this week. Uber said on Thursday that
Sociology TSP’s Weekly Roundup: December 6, 2019 thesocietypages.org - Amy August at The Editors' Desk Welcome back! This week, we highlight new research on how countries differ in the education they provide to refugee children, and we round up …
Quartzflipped into Quartz at WorkAfrica Could gig work transform Kenya's economy? Quartz - Alexandra OssolaAs the gig economy has taken off around the world, it’s gotten a bad rap. In the West, it’s blamed for fraying benefits like time off and recourse for workplace harassment or abuse, and that it tends be
Quartzflipped into United Nations General AssemblyAfrica The rise of the global "side hustle" and Africa's gig economy Quartz - Yinka AdegokeGlobal multilateral institutions like the World Bank, OECD, and the IMF expend a lot of effort trying to understand the scope and size of each country’s informal sectors. While the share of the informal
National ReviewBusiness What to Do about the Gig Economy National Review - Robert VerBruggen California is imposing onerous new regulations, but there is another way Next year, a California law cracking down on “gig economy” companies such as …
SFGateflipped into Top Stories from SFGATEUber An Uber office segregated bathrooms for drivers and 'employees' SFGate - Alex Horton, The Washington PostUber has gone to great lengths to explain that its global network drivers - the workers it relies on for profit - are not, in fact, drivers at all. The company has argued in court, in an effort to distance
Inc42flipped into Inc42 - All StoriesStartups (India) India Plans To Extend State Employee Benefits To Gig Economy Workers inc42.com - Aman Rawat In a bid to provide retirement and insurance benefits to those employed in the gig economy such as those working for ride-hailing, delivery and other …
ForbesRetirement What Gig Workers Should Know About Self-Directed Retirement Accounts Forbes - Forbes Finance CouncilThe gig economy is here to stay. More than one-third of the American workforce is already part of this on-demand economy, and researchers predict these figures are likely to go up to 50% by 2027. Not does
Richard Palbergflipped into Beautiful British ColumbiaHousing Gig-economy trend leaves workers struggling to qualify for mortgages vancourier.com - Joannah Connolly The current trend — especially among Millennials — of making a living from the “gig economy” is leaving many struggling to buy a home, according to …
Business Insiderflipped into Top StoriesFinTech Allianz is teaming up with gig economy insurtech Dinghy - Business Insider Business Insider - Lea NonningerAllianz Insurance has teamed up with UK-based insurtech Dinghy, which focuses on providing gig economy workers with insurance coverage, per Dinghy's website. Under the partnership, Allianz will likely
The Telegraphflipped into BusinessBusiness The gig economy works: 99pc of people are happy with their contract The Telegraph - By Tim WallaceAlmost every worker in the country is happy with the terms of their employment, despite the rise of "gig" work and a long-running row over zero-hours contracts. Around 99pc of workers across Britain are
NJ.comflipped into New Jersey newsDoorDash N.J.'s gig economy bill should be nixed, DoorDash driver says nj.com - Star-Ledger Guest By James BrownA number of years ago, I was involved in a serious sporting accident that left me unable to continue working as I knew it. I needed …
