The pressure is already on for gig delivery workers for services like Spark, Instacart, and DoorDash, who've got to get to a store, find exactly what customers ordered, and deliver it on time in ...

The gig economy is a labor market where individuals work on short-term contracts or as long-term freelancers. Freelancers have been a part of the economy for many years, but in the digital era ...

A fire damaged a detached garage in Gig Harbor Saturday night. Gig Harbor Fire & Rescue Courtesy A fire damaged a detached garage and several outbuildings Saturday night in Gig Harbor, fire crews ...

Terms may apply to offers listed on this page. Gig workers can benefit from using credit cards for everyday purchases as long as they only spend what they can afford to pay off. You can access ...

That’s a lot more than I thought. Such workers also are known as gig workers. Before 2021, there were strict Department of Labor rules defining whether workers are independent or whether they ...

The two public EV-charging stations run by the city of Gig Harbor won’t be free to use anymore, starting next month. A measure the City Council unanimously passed April 8 allows the city to ...

After little debate and nearly unanimous votes during the 2023 session, Utah legislators redefined what it means for companies to use contract labor — better known as gig workers — and give ...

There was just one problem: Kelly has never worked for DoorDash — or any gig delivery service. As the letter and their subsequent investigations showed, someone had used her Social Security ...

Singapore will introduce a new law this year that will help so-called gig-economy workers plan for their retirement needs and get work injury protection, Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng said ...

To kick off this series of featured gigs, the job posting I want to share is Managing Director of Online Education at the University of Virginia. To learn more about this role, I asked Kemi Jona, vice ...

Previously, Adam Nemeroff and I were colleagues at Dartmouth, and before that, I worked at Quinnipiac University in the earliest days of their online learning journey. While we can’t walk around the ...