‘Tis the season to start a side hustle. Many Americans are eager to earn some extra cash ahead of an anticipated holiday spend of $1,778, an 8% increase over last year, according to Deloitte’s 2024 holiday retail survey. Although not quite seasonal, online freelance work is the most popular side hustle to offset holiday-related expenses, … Read more
A financial expert has given up trying to help a 30-year-old dog owner who refuses in-office jobs due to her pet’s separation anxiety, leaving her with an unstable income. In a TikTok video, Caleb Hammer explained that the woman’s reluctance to work in traditional roles made it impossible for him to devise a practical budget … Read more
China’s two major on-demand delivery service providers, Meituan and Ele.me, have introduced new features that alert or forcibly log out couriers who work excessively long hours, aiming to prevent rider fatigue. In a similar system imposed on China’s long-haul truck drivers, Meituan has been piloting a “fatigue management” system in select cities. This system detects … Read more
New data released by Meituan, China’s largest on-demand services provider, showed that its food delivery crews working in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen earn more on average than the local population. According to the report, Meituan delivery people who work in major cities and meet the company’s minimum work time requirement took … Read more
Meituan, China’s largest on-demand local services provider, said its 7.45 million delivery workers drew 80 billion yuan (US$11.3 billion) in total income from the platform last year, company co-founder and chief executive Wang Xing said in an internal letter on Tuesday. About 4.5 million of those delivery workers are also covered with insurance for occupational … Read more
California’s top state court on Thursday upheld a measure approved by voters allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to consider drivers in the most populous U.S. state as independent contractors rather than as employees entitled to greater benefits. The ruling by the California Supreme Court is a major victory for the ride-hailing industry, … Read more
California’s top state court on Thursday upheld a measure approved by voters allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to consider drivers in the most populous state as independent contractors rather than as employees entitled to greater benefits. The ruling by the California Supreme Court is a major victory for the ride-hailing industry, which has said that many companies would end … Read more
In its drive to strengthen overall control of Chinese society, the party has in recent years increasingly focused on gig workers, such as hosts on live-streaming and short- video platforms, internet writers, and now delivery crews. Those working for online delivery platforms are effectively all-weather freelancers not protected by traditional job contracts. They are facing … Read more
Multi-millionaire real estate agent and investor Graham Stephan started his journey in the property space when he was 18. By 30, he had almost $130 million in residential property sales. He runs one of the biggest YouTube channels on personal finance, with 4.27 million subscribers and over 10 million monthly views. He shares his business … Read more
Callie, 36, and Travis, 39, live in South Texas, near the ocean, with their two kids. They consciously decided to become entrepreneurs to step out of the 9-5 jobs and avoid the rat race of climbing the corporate ladder. Callie left her $80,000 job four years back, and it took her a while to return … Read more
