by admin | Apr 26, 2016 | GIG worker, Uber, Uncategorized
The $100 million question brought by the recent Uber driver lawsuit in California and Massachusetts is whether drivers using the Uber app should be classified as independent contractors or employees. According the Uber website and CEO Travis Kalanick, the two sides...
by admin | Apr 22, 2016 | GIG worker, Travel Policies
A recent article published by the Society for Human Resource Management provides examples of how some companies concerned about potential dangers in the “shared economy” are putting out policies on using services like Uber or Lyft for rides or even Airbnb...
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | GIG worker, self worth, Uncategorized
There’s a quote from Spencer Harrison, associate professor in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, in this recent article from The Boston Globe that talks about the personal psyches of gig workers and some of the hardships they may face. He says...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Financial Security, GIG worker, Uncategorized
It is all well and good that efforts of the type described in this Bloomberg article about a recent MetLife survey will be developed and refined for the typical “employee” – but who’s going to help the “gig” worker to achieve the...
by admin | Apr 14, 2016 | AFL-CIO, Uncategorized
The “gig economy,” with its fast-and-loose approach to on-demand services, is full of innovation and productivity—and some serious exploitation of part-time, contingent workers and independent contractors, according to an article from the American...
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