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The NATIONAL WRITERS UNION (NWU) and IN THESE TIMES have reached an agreement on IN THESE TIMES’ relationship with freelance contributors. IN THESE TIMES agrees to follow this agreement in its dealings with freelancers. Both NWU and IN THESE TIMES agree that freelancers are important to the quality and success of independent media and this publication, and that freelancers have a right to transparency about the work they do and accountability in their dealings with IN THESE TIMES. This agreement is an attempt to afford freelancers those rights and accountability, and to further demonstrate their value to IN THESE TIMES. 1. All freelance…
A bank customer says “good old banter” is at risk after he was told a joke payment reference was so “offensive” that it was deleted.David Soffer received money from a friend with the reference “t***”.Nationwide informed him that his mate’s details would be deleted as it “stands by stopping people from using words that could cause offence”.Soffer has compared it to the debanking scandal saying he has been “dehumoured”.The the founder of news site TechRound told GB News: “A friend who I’ve known for over 20 years sent me a small payment and made a joke we both found funny.…
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May 12, 2025 Delivery company Uber Eats now uses agency workers. Photo: DutchNews.nlDozens of companies have been ordered to pay compensation to freelancers who successfully claimed in court that they were working as permanent staff.A survey of 47 cases brought by so-called “fake freelancers” found that the courts ruled in their favour in 24 cases, leading to payments of up to €50,000, Nieuwsuur reported.The workers claimed compensation for back-dated wages, holiday pay, travel costs and sick leave that they could not claim while they were classed as self-employed. They were also entitled to employers’ pension contributions and payouts for unfair…
Fidelity trading platforms experienced outages just as U.S. stock markets opened for trading on Monday morning, leaving many users of its online, mobile and Active Trader apps unable to execute buy or sell orders.The outage occurred even as major share prices index soared on news of a breakthrough in U.S.-China trade talks over the weekend, leaving many investors frustrated that they couldn’t participate in the rally.The Standard & Poor’s 500 index SPX was up more than 2.5% by 10:30 a.m. ET.”We are working urgently on resolving the issues,” Fidelity said in a post on Reddit, the site of many user…
Courts in the Netherlands are seeing more cases involving freelancers who claim that they should be full-on employees. Dozens of these cases have seen the courts rule in favour of the individuals under “false self-employment”, ordering employers to provide compensation running into the thousands. Dutch employers pay for false self-employment There has been an increase in the number of lawsuits related to sham self-employment since 2023, when the Supreme Court ruled that Deliveroo delivery workers are considered actual employees. Out of 47 recent cases taken to Dutch courts, 24 saw the judge ruling that the self-employed person should actually be…
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The union represents Atlanta’s major orchestras, along with freelance musicians across the state.Photograph by Getty ImagesIf music is form, the Atlanta Federation of Musicians is function.It’s the Georgia chapter of the American Federation of Musicians. The musician union’s job is fundamentally to be a mediator between artists, the corporations that publish their music, and the venue managers who hire them to perform. That goes for any artist in any genre at any point in their career: Lil Jon, R.E.M., the Allman Brothers Band, and William Bell have all been members.The union’s office is a plain brick building in the Morningside…
The dollar climbed in early Asian trade on Monday after weekend talks between the United States and China eased concerns of a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies while global hot spots appeared to cool.The greenback, Treasuries and equities have taken a beating since sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump last month shook confidence in American assets. After talks in Geneva, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Sunday said a deal had been reached with China to cut the U.S. trade deficit.Further details are expected on Monday. Eyes will also be on…
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