Essential HR Strategies for Managing Gig Workers Effectively
Appropriate HR strategies are essential to keep up with the gig economy and its many challenges. Setting up efficient communication channels, leveraging technology, and e...
What does the gig economy mean for independent workers?
The gig economy is a type of labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work instead of permanent jobs. ...
What is the gig economy and what does it mean for gig workers?
The rise of the gig economy is helping companies tap a skilled, agile workforce. So, what is the gig economy? Who are the gig workers and how are they helping companies m...
Rethinking the Gig Economy
The gig economy, alongside the future of work, has become a well-known subject of conversation. The gig economy involves working arrangements that are closer to “gi...
Proposition 22 Pass Gives Uber and Lyft New Gig Economy Model to Perpetuate
Learn about the latest gig economy news and updates here at leading one of the leading HR magazines, The HR Digest. ...
Gig Economy : A Cost-Cutting Measure or Adding Value to the Workforce?
Is the gig economy a result of the tightening of economic opportunities and job slowdown or are more people opting for it because of the flexibility it offers and to achi...
California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB-5) Threatens to Rain on the Gig Economy Parade
California’s Assembly Bill 5 (“AB-5”) that radically alters the definition of an “employee” so that companies can no longer misclassify would-be employees as in...
DOL Wants To Determine Size of The Gig Economy
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced plans to bring back the Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS) to the upcoming Current Population Survey, in a...
Employee Engagement is the Secret Ingredient Behind the Phenomenal Success of Airbnb
‘Correlation Does Not Imply Causation’ It’s a fable as ancient as time. It also turns out to be everyone’s all time favorite aphorisms. The phrase also serves as ...
Independent Contractors May Have a Reason to Rejoice
Lorena Gonzalez, an assembly member from California State, has proposed a bill “The California 1099 Self-Organizing Act” for independent contractors, which confirms t...
Hiring Disruptive Talent Worth The Price?
It is indeed true that harnessing a strong willed individual, the one who challenges traditional thinking and finds innovative ways of performing can prove beneficial and...
