The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has joined a lawsuit challenging the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new independent contractor rule. Filed Tuesday (March 5), the lawsuit focuses on the DOL’s new...
The proliferation of the gig economy and dramatic shifts in professionals’ expectations for their own career paths have begun to carve out a larger space...
California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) was signed into law last year, but the legislation, which lays out rules to classify workers as either employees or...
About a year-and-a-half after a state Supreme Court decision that brought the issue to the forefront of legislators’ attention, the California Senate voted to approve Assembly Bill...
The rise of the gig economy has sparked a new conversation about what constitutes an employee versus a small business: are gig workers working for...
It’s being treated as victory — perhaps a mild one, but still a win — for workers in the so-called gig economy: A recent ruling...
The cyber insurance market is expected to grow, by a lot. Researchers at PricewaterhouseCoopers predicted in 2015 that the market would hit $7.5 billion in...
With collective income slated to hit $680 billion this year, gig economy workers are a rising economic force — and one that is changing face. Traditionally,...