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Should Platform Companies Be Able to Offer Stock-Based Compensation to Independent Contractors?

Historically, online platform companies have not been able to easily issue stock to those who earn income through their platforms. Signaling a potential change in rules, several major platform companies have asked the SEC for the ability to offer stock to platform earners in recent weeks.

BY Shelly Steward

Blog Post

10.30.2018
Employment and Jobs

Exploring the Online Platform Economy with New Data from BLS & the JPMorgan Chase Institute

Last week, the Future of Work Initiative and the JPMorgan Chase Institute hosted an event, “New Data and Implications for Today’s Labor Market: The JPMorgan Chase Institute and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics present on the Online Platform Economy,” highlighting and discussing two recent measures of online platform work.

BY Alastair Fitzpayne & 1 more

Blog Post

10.17.2018
Employment and Jobs

BLS Data on Platform Work Reflects Challenges of Measurement

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' first measure of electronically mediated work estimates 1 percent of workers use platforms--but challenges with the survey questions meant a burdensome process for researchers.

BY Alastair Fitzpayne & 1 more

Blog Post

09.28.2018
Employment and Jobs

Foster and Rolf: "A Fund for NYC Drivers Models How Benefits Could Work in the Gig Economy"

In Quartz at Work, Future of Work Initiative Fellow Natalie Foster and National Advisory Council Member David Rolf explore how the Black Car Fund serves as a real world example of how we can modernize the social contract.

BY Natalie Foster & 1 more

Blog Post

09.27.2018
Employment and Jobs

What to Know in Advance of BLS’ Online Work Data Release

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its first measure of online platform or electronically mediated work on Friday morning.

BY Shelly Steward

Blog Post

09.27.2018
Employment and Jobs

Hill Briefing Highlights Implications of BLS Contingent Worker Supplement

The Future of Work Initiative hosted a briefing Wednesday to discuss the findings and implications of the 2017 Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS). The event highlighted the need for a comprehensive understanding of the labor market in order to develop effective policies for workers.

BY Alastair Fitzpayne

Blog Post

06.22.2018
Employment and Jobs

Shaping the Future of Work

Moving labor costs off a business’s budget doesn’t make them disappear — it shifts them to the backs of workers, their families, & taxpayers.

BY Mark G. Popovich, & 1 more

Blog Post

06.14.2018
Employment and Jobs

Five Takeaways from the 2017 Contingent Worker Supplement

Yesterday’s release of the 2017 Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS) provides the first government numbers on contingent and alternative work arrangements in thirteen years. Here are our five top takeaways from these new numbers.

BY Alastair Fitzpayne & 2 more

Blog Post

06.08.2018
Employment and Jobs

Nine Things to Know Before the 2017 Contingent Worker Supplement is Released

Tomorrow’s release of the 2017 Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS) will provide the first government estimate of contingent and alternative work in 13 years. Here are nine things to keep in mind about the new data.

BY Alastair Fitzpayne & 1 more

Blog Post

06.06.2018
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