Independent Work

Future of Work Initiative Senior Fellow Libby Reder recently testified before the Washington House Labor and Workplace Standards Committee to share context on a bill that would provide portable benefits for non-traditional workers.

Future of Work Initiative Executive Director Alastair Fitzpayne recently spoke with NJ State Senator Troy Singleton at the 2018 NewDEAL Leaders Conference in Washington, DC.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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