Tag: Gig workers
Seattle tried to guarantee higher pay for delivery drivers – here’s...
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian K. Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University, and Yuan An, Carnegie Mellon University
If you’ve...
Crowdfunded generosity isn’t taxable – but IRS regulations haven’t kept up...
Shelly Tygielski, Indiana University and Pamala Wiepking, Indiana University; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Have you ever received some money through...
OnlyFans controversy highlights the bind facing most gig workers
Dilan Thampapillai, UNSW and Sarah Steele, University of Cambridge
The saga over subscription-based social media platform OnlyFans, which announced...
California voters decide Uber and Lyft drivers are ‘contractors’ as gig...
Juliet B. Schor, Boston College
Uber, TaskRabbit and other ride-hailing and delivery service companies in California can keep classifying their workers as independent contractors rather...
Workers left out of government and business response to the coronavirus
Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management
As the coronavirus crisis unfolds, workers and families around the country are finding out how weak the U.S....
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
