Posts tagged Independent Contractor
America’s freelance capitals, ranked
May 22, 2024 // Freelancers account for 4.1% of the U.S. labor force, per the report — and many seem to be finding success, with 43% reporting a revenue bump last year... What they found: The country's freelancers seem a generally optimistic bunch, with 55% expecting to earn more this year than in 2023. 29% of freelancers also have a traditional job, though the share who solely freelance hit 71% in 2023, compared to 61% in 2021. A "striking" 75% of freelancers with a full-time gig say they're highly satisfied with their side hustle, per the report, compared to just 47% who feel the same way about their day jobs.
Side Hustles in Focus as Gig Worker Laws Stir Uncertainty
May 1, 2024 // In the debate over the classification of gig workers, Massachusetts finds itself at the center of a legislative whirlwind, echoing a lengthy battle around California’s AB5 Gig-worker law. Proposals to reclassify Uber and Lyft drivers as employees rather than independent contractors have sparked heated discussions about labor rights and the unintended consequences of regulatory measures.
Op-ed: I’m an Instacart driver: California Supreme Court must protect my job
April 18, 2024 // Hundreds of thousands of drivers like me are counting on the California Supreme Court to respect the will of the millions of Californians who voted for Prop 22 and continue to allow us to earn on our own terms. I hope that the court does the right thing and upholds Prop 22.
Jackie Webster, Ghostwriter, New Jersey
April 11, 2024 // Jackie Webster, Ghostwriter, New Jersey Jackie Webster’s professional goal is to be the Woman of 100 Voices. “Right now, 83 people have trusted me with their voices. I’m so close!” she laughs. For nearly a decade, Jackie has made a career out of ghostwriting and editing from her…
Bobby Rodriguez, Advertising and Consulting, Texas
April 11, 2024 // Bobby Rodriguez, Advertising and Consulting Company, Texas Talk for a few minutes with Bobby Rodriguez, and you’ll learn there is no wall between his life and his work. Being a professional creative is far more holistic than that. “Sometimes creativity strikes in the middle of the…
A New Law Could Affect Your Retirement Side Hustle Income
April 10, 2024 // Kavin owns her own freelance writing and editing business in New Jersey and leads Fight For Freelancers USA, a nonpartisan coalition of freelancers from across the country that spans professions from translation to interior design. Around 20% of group members are ages 55 to 64 and nearly 10% are age 65 and older. Some members turned to freelancing after suffering age discrimination that cost them a traditional job, says Kavin. "They still want to work and earn, and the way they're able to do it is as independent contractors," she says. Kavin says she does well as a freelancer and does not want a traditional job, even if she could find one at her age. "It's a lot harder to find a traditional job in your 50s than in your 30s, especially one with the significantly higher level of income that I've been able to achieve as a freelancer," she says. "If I lose this self-employed business that I just spent 20 years building up, there may be no other place for me to go."
Tim Hartman, Storyteller, Pennsylvania
April 5, 2024 // Tim Hartman has never known what it’s like to work for someone else. “My dad always worked for himself, so I never had a picture of anything but self-employment. When I started to try to build a career as an actor, a storyteller, a cartoonist –…
Leah Salyards, Freelance Writer, Pennsylvania
April 5, 2024 // Leah Salyards, Freelance Writer, Pennsylvania Leah Salyards doesn’t want to be defined by only one role. “I’m a lot of things—I’m a wife, a mother, a gardener, a pet owner, a worker. I can order my roles—and my loves—in the order that I’m called to, for…
Kaleigh Cunningham, Photographer, Montana
April 5, 2024 // Kaleigh started Adventure Forever Photography because it’s a piece of her own American Dream. “When I’m out doing a photoshoot, or sitting at my desk editing, I’m happy the entire time. There’s no part of me that wishes I was doing something else,” she says.
PODCAST: An Unholy Incubator, Will Swaim breaks down the new regulation that took effect on March 15 which affects every independent contractor in America.
March 21, 2024 // The President of the California Policy Center, host of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast, and watchdog journalist warns about the new federal regulation that effectively makes CA-AB5 national and ends independent contractor status as we know it. As goes California, so goes the nation—from a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers to rampant homelessness, crime, and reparations—the recovering communist dissects examples of what’s happening in the Golden State and yet to come nationally.