Portable Benefits

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 Future of Work Initiative hosted an event to discuss the financial challenges facing independent workers and hear about innovative solutions from both the public and private sectors.

The Future of Work Initiative is excited to announce that we have joined the Google.org Work Initiative portfolio, an innovative effort to search for new solutions to prepare people for the changing nature of work.

Over the past six months, the Future of Work Initiative worked with two graduate student teams from CMU Heinz College to explore access to benefits for independent workers and the potential impacts of autonomous trucks on the workforce.

Legislation in a number of states would provide certainty on worker classification to a small group of online platforms facing contentious litigation, but could create economic insecurity for workers by making it easier for businesses to reclassify employees as independent contractors.

Following the introduction of portable benefits legislation in Washington State last month, leaders from Uber and SEIU released a letter calling on business, labor and government to work together to develop a portable benefits system.

To reduce debt and increase educational access, some educational institutions have begun testing Income Share Agreements (ISAs). As ISAs grow in popularity, policymakers should explore the opportunities and risks that these contracts represent, and debate a regulatory framework that ensures students are protected.

The grant will allow the National Domestic Workers Alliance’s to develop tools that improve workers’ lives.

Reflections on the Aspen Institute’s Economic Security Summit.

Sen. Warner introduced legislation on portable benefits that builds off of a Future of Work Initiative proposal.