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How an App Could Give Some Gig Workers a Safety Net

Category: Business
Duration: 00:06:26
Publish Date: 2018-07-10 15:30:57
Description: The gig economy has a problem. Freelancing is increasingly common, but it’s still difficult and costly to access benefits without a 9-to-5 job. For the lowest-paid workers, it can be close to impossible. In the past few years, many have seized on the idea of “portable benefits": insurance and paid time off not bound to a single employer.
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