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The Rise of Independent Worker Teams: Fiverr's Studios and Upwork's Agency Experience

Small Business Labs

" The boutique agencies Upwork refers to are small service firms, most of which utilize freelancers as part of their project teams.  These services also illustrate how the shift to cloud computing is creating new forms, structures and ways of doing business. and new ways of doing business.

Agencies 191
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How Companies Can Support Moms in–and Returning to—the Workplace

Success

As the founder and president of a Florida-based public relations and branding agency, she had spent her pre-kid days making the most of the fun parts of her job, even attending events well into the evening. But after her third child was born, she had to shift priorities.

2021 219
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Culturally Diverse Workforces Require Bespoke Mental Health Support

Allwork

s fastest-growing media agencies, MediaLab , and held in collaboration with an organization focused on boosting the number of minority ethnic employees in the media industry, Media for All (MEFA). The employer’s role is to facilitate and empower employees to form ERGs but not take the lead.

Health 246
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Academic Studies Show Gig Economy Larger Than Government Data Suggests

Small Business Labs

The study found "28 percent of adults age 18 and older participated in informal work for pay during the survey reference month." Households,  reported that 31% of Americans do some form of gig work and that gig work income was important to many. " This equates to about 70 million Americans.  

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It’s time to review (or create) your document retention policy

BMT Office Administration

Courts and government agencies frown upon individual employees selectively keeping or tossing important documents. Never dispose of a current employee’s Form I-9; you must keep it for as long as the employee works for you, and for a certain amount of time after they stop working for you. Such action raises concern about cover-ups.

Policies 105
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Why does colour psychology make so much difference to us?

Workplace Insight

For this reason, there are no proportion-shape-line-texture prediction agencies, and chromotherapy is not challenged by proportion-shape-line-texture therapies. The equally familiar form of the colour chart has been with us for much longer than we might suppose. Study into shape, line, and texture hardly competes.

Forms 65
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Stay on track with this payroll compliance checklist

BMT Office Administration

If you are unsure of how to classify someone for payment, refer to the Department of Labor’s guidelines on qualifying exemptions. Collect the required forms. Many employers have their own onboarding forms that must be completed, but there are also a handful of government forms that employers must collect from new hires.

Payroll 52