What is a Blended Workforce?
Let's face it: plenty of companies require complex staffing plans, as they regularly conduct business far outside of the "normal" 9-5 hours. In these cases, a blended workforce are engaged and implemented so that a roster of personnel that is custom-tailored to [...]
Equal Pay Guide: What Employers Need to Know About the Equal Pay Act and Fair Compensation
When most people think of the topic of equal pay and fair compensation, their minds usually go straight to one thing: the gender wage gap. While this is the very factor that set the movement ablaze leading up to the [...]
How to Skyrocket Your Warehouse Worker Retention Rates
Let's start with the facts: employees will always want, and need, to take time off. Unfortunately, the status quo includes a culture of fear built on the back of ever-looming phrases like 'laid off' and 'terminated'. But the warehousing industry [...]
We’re Launching in the Music City to Grow the Wonolo Community
A Message From Our CEO, Yong Kim: When we founded Wonolo in 2014, our mission was to democratize work and provide greater opportunity for frontline workers. From the beginning, our goal has always been to help unemployed and underemployed people [...]
When Should You Hire Temporary Workers?
Whether you're a mom and pop operation that has never ventured into the realm of alternative employment practices, or you head up a Fortune 500 company that has long leaned on its trusty temp agency, there's no question that timing [...]
Insurance 101 For Today’s Gig Worker
The following guest post is presented by Bunker: The word insurance has prompted many an eye roll over the years. Add “liability” in front of it and an eye roll quickly turns to a glossy gaze. It’s not hard to [...]
What is Workforce Management?
There are a large number of factors that fall under the broad concept of workforce management. Essentially, it's ensuring that a business or organization has the necessary team members doing the right things in the business or organization. With so [...]
Can an Hourly Employee Be Exempt?
In 1938, the working world was forever changed by a piece of legislation called " The Fair Labor Standards Act". FLSA for short. If you've worked any role in the United States, you've been impacted by this nearly 80-year-old law. [...]
How to Make Your Resume Bulletproof by Using Public Data
Writing a resume and searching for new work can be stressful. You are constantly on the edge of whether or not your next application will bear any fruit. It’s not easy to get cherry-picked from a group of many other [...]