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Freelancers Under Fire: Legislation Threatens Gig Economy Workers

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The overarching fear and uncertainty felt by many working within the gig economy regarding federal policy began with a trial-run piece of California legislation known as Assembly Bill 5 (AB5). The state law was passed in September of 2019 and was later enacted in January of 2020. How are freelancers responding?

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. BRND Marketing Group LLC produced Leadership Newark’s Public Policy Summits featuring keynotes from U.S. She is president emeritus of AIGA and was awarded the AIGA Medal for lifetime achievement in 2019.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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By masking her identity from the hiring committee, it guaranteed that she’d be judged on her performance, not her gender. All of those policies, procedures, norms—written and unwritten—kind of control the culture,” says Donovan’s business partner and co-author Mark Kaplan. “If As of 2019 , U.S. million) of U.S. Census Bureau.

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