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Cafe Classic: Performance Pay for Gig Workers?

Compensation Cafe

Bureau of Labor Statistics surveyed the contingent workforce was in 2005! Bureau of Labor Statistics surveyed the contingent workforce was in 2005! (a Regardless of the type of task or platform used, compensation is typically output-based: the pay that gig workers receive is based on the success or failure of the gig.

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The Walmart Effect: Can Raising Salaries Increase Productivity?

Compensation Today

Research Shows Higher Wages Lead to Less Turnover, More Respect. In one of Frost’s studies from 2005 , she looked at low-wage, low-skill workers in American hospitals — roles like nursing assistants, orderlies, and food workers. A wage increase helped change that sentiment, she explains. Click To Tweet. GET A DEMO.

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“5 Things We Need To Do To Close The Gender Wage Gap”, with John Schwarz CEO of Visier

Thrive Global

Organizations need to take both a macro and micro look at their pay practices to understand if they are fairly compensating their employees. As part of my series about “the five things we need to do to close the gender wage gap” I had the pleasure of interviewing John Schwarz. John is the Founder and CEO of Visier Inc.,

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Are Commissioned California Employees Entitled to Separate Pay for Rest Periods?

HR Daily Advisor

Rest period violations are a source of enormous potential liability for employers, so it’s critical to ensure that you are appropriately compensating employees for their rest periods. Stoneledge paid sales associates under a “Sales Associate Commission Compensation Pay Agreement.” per hour for every hour worked.”

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The Fissured Workplace and Employee Misclassification

Astron Solutions

David Weil , an administrator for the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, popularized the term “fissured workplace” to describe the surge in employers’ use of contracted laborers. The costs in this race to be the lowest bidder are borne by workers deprived of their wages and their rights.

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Performance Pay for Gig Workers?

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: If you're interested in learning more about the gig economy, you can join Cafe contributor Stephanie Thomas, Cornell ILR Professor Susanne Bruyere and Former US Deputy Secretary of Labor Seth Harris for a livestream event from eCornell today at 12 PM ET or on-demand any time. Free with access code HRTW17: [link] bit.ly/2wXI5zW.

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Contractor or Employee? How to Keep Classification Straight

Namely

That stat is up from a 2005 measurement of 30.6%. There’s a new startup bandwagon on the loose, making regular stops around the tech world each week. It pulls up in the form of an article on the sharing economy and how one more rising startup is transitioning contract workers to employee status. Today, 40.4% of of the U.S.