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Success
Workers are making over $1 million by secretly holding down multiple gigs—and they’re doing it all within the 40-hour workweek
By Preston ForeFebruary 27, 2026
Bosses are catching on to their ‘overemployed’ staff—one worker says they’re making $3K a day doing 5 jobs
Success
Bosses are catching on to their ‘overemployed’ staff—one worker says they’re making $3K a day doing 5 jobs
By Preston ForeJuly 3, 2025
Kevin O'Leary
Success
‘Shark Tank’ investor Kevin O’Leary says only a third of people can become successful entrepreneurs—and the rest will never be ‘free’
By Emma BurleighJuly 1, 2025
Courtney Allen, freelancer and entrepreneur.
Success
This millennial turned her passion for making PowerPoints into a $4 million business
By Emma BurleighMarch 12, 2025
A Walt Disney Co. employee supporter holds a sign during a rally in Anaheim, California, US, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Last month 1,700 Disneyland Resort
Business
Disney has successfully averted a strike of thousands of its theme-park workers
By The Associated PressJuly 24, 2024
I’m paid $14 an hour to rate AI-generated Google search results. Subcontractors like me do key work but don’t get fair wages or benefits
Commentary
I’m paid $14 an hour to rate AI-generated Google search results. Subcontractors like me do key work but don’t get fair wages or benefits
By Toni AllenMay 3, 2024
EBay is cutting 1,000 jobs—1 of every 11 employees—as it tries to be ‘more nimble’ in a ‘challenging’ economic environment
Finance
EBay is cutting 1,000 jobs—1 of every 11 employees—as it tries to be ‘more nimble’ in a ‘challenging’ economic environment
By Spencer Soper and BloombergJanuary 24, 2024
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Lifestyle
Uber warns job losses would be ‘equivalent to VW going out of business’ if a new EU law to turn gig workers into de facto employees is passed
By Prarthana PrakashSeptember 20, 2023
Authors Sarita Gupta (left) and Erica Smiley
Leadership
Unions are making their biggest comeback since the ’60s. Here’s how workers are winning, according to 2 longtime labor organizers
By Colin LodewickApril 26, 2022
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Tech
Facebook Raises Pay for Thousands of Its U.S. Contract Workers
By Kurt Wagner and BloombergMay 13, 2019
Freelance Screeners Sue Netflix for Employment Benefits
Tech
Freelance Screeners Sue Netflix for Employment Benefits
By David Z. MorrisJune 18, 2016
Microsoft Opens Flagship Store On New York's Fifth Avenue
Tech
Microsoft Is Fighting a New Rule on How Corporations Must Treat Contract Workers
By ReutersJune 16, 2016
Lyft Offers Millions More To Settle Driver Lawsuit
Tech
Lyft Offers Millions More To Settle Driver Lawsuit
By Kia KokalitchevaMay 11, 2016
The Hamptons Lure Uber Top Drivers Amid NYC Slow Summer Weekends
Tech
Uber Gets Hit With Two More Lawsuits Over Driver Wages
By Kia KokalitchevaMay 2, 2016
Why This Valet Parking Startup Gave Up on Its Uber-Like Service
Tech
Why This Valet Parking Startup Gave Up on Its Uber-Like Service
By Kia KokalitchevaApril 11, 2016
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