Gig Economy: Cultivating Holding Environments for Precarious and Personalized Work Identities

In the absence of organizational or professional membership, workers experience stark emotional tensions encompassing both the anxiety and fulfillment of working in precarious and personal conditions.

Gig Economy: Cultivating Holding Environments for Precarious and Personalized Work Identities

By Gianpiero Petriglieri, Susan J. Ashford, Amy Wrzesniewski (SAGE Journal)

Building on an inductive, qualitative study of independent workers—people not affiliated with an …

Uber reaches tentative settlement with drivers arbitrating over employment status and expense reimbursement

A tentative settlement to pay out 11 cents for every mile driven for Uber (including adjacent services like Uber Eats) to drivers who have been in individual arbitration with the company over their employment classification.

Uber reaches tentative settlement with drivers arbitrating over employment status and expense reimbursement

By Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch

Uber is reportedly on track to go public in the first quarter next year, and in the lead up to

Defendants Charged With Stealing From At Least 250 Victims in Employment Fraud Schemes

“In New York’s highly competitive job market, applicants and job seekers are particularly susceptible to fake employment scams." - Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

Defendants Charged With Stealing From At Least 250 Victims in Employment Fraud Schemes

NEW YORK, NY, Press Release (Manhattan District Attorney Office) – Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the indictments of OSMOND EWEKA, …