Category: Misclassification
The Gig Economy: A Solution to Field Service Hiring Woes?
From Field Service, Bill Pollack discusses the potential for companies who need to manage remote service technicians…
Intuit: On-Demand Workers Will More Than Double By 2020
From Forbes, Elaine Pofeldt reports that Intuit’s research indicates that the number of on-demand workers will more…
Alaska joins DOL Misclassification Initiative
The United States Department of Labor announced that it signed an agreement with Alaska to cooperate in reducing…
Hotel workers likely to be considered employees by DOL
From Hotel Management, Lara Shortz discusses the Administrator’s Interpretation of the classification of workers as employees or…
Here’s Why The Freelancer Economy Is On The Rise
From Fast Company, Brendon Schrader discusses the future of freelancing. He reports that the number of people…
Why startups switch from contractors to employees
From Business Insider, Biz Carson writes about companies that are switching from using independent contractors to employees…
The Gig Economy: What is it and will it last?
From Convergex, Nicolas Colas discusses the gig economy and shares some fascinating information about session musicians. Nicolas reviews…
Independent Contractors and the Emerging Gig Economy
From the American Action Forum, Will Rinehart and Ben Gitis review data from the University of Chicago’s National…
The Continuing Evolution of the On-Demand Economy
From the Wall Street Journal, Irving Wladawsky-Berger provides an excellent article about the evolution of the on-demand…
New Legal Guidelines May Impact Many Freelance Employees
From Business 2 Community, Kerry O’Shea Gorgone provides some good advice on how to engage with independent…
Yet Another On-Demand Service, Sprig, Switches Its Independent Contractors To Employees
From Forbes, Ellen Huet reports that Sprig, a company that delivers meals through an app, is changing its…
Delivery driver wins workers’ comp case before state Supreme Court
From the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sean Whaley reports a Nevada Supreme Court Decision that may allow a…
