The post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail even though the crisis is hardly over, while Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guidance issued in late April marked...
Before Uber and Lyft built handy smartphone apps for their own gig workforce, freelancers acquired most jobs via word-of-mouth referrals, had harrowing second lives as...
Full-time and gig workers alike have felt the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts, even if just in the strain of moving their workspaces from office buildings to...
Companies invest about 11 hours of time finding talent for every 40 hours of work they receive. This gap is rapidly becoming all the more...
In the historical novel “Ivanhoe” (1819), Sir Walter Scott wrote of “free lances” to describe an army of professional soldiers for hire. The word “gig”...
Freelancers worldwide found themselves impacted by the new coronavirus as it shuttered businesses and stalled payments, with many gig workers now fulfilling critical roles to...
U.K.-based FinTechs have banded together to help self-employed workers prove their income so they can be eligible for financial support, according to a report. The...
Most companies now operate at global or multimarket scales, offering their products to clients and customers around the globe via digital channels. Employment is following...
Attracting gig workers in a hot industry requires giving them on-demand payments. In fact, one survey finds that 85 percent of gig workers would take...