A new study from staffing technology platform Bluecrew has revealed a substantial number of hourly workers still don’t understand the distinction between independent contractors with 1099 status and W-2 employees.
Strikingly, when asked what benefits an independent
contractor is eligible for, more than half of the hourly workers…
Foreclosure filings— default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — were reported on 493,066 U.S. properties in 2019, down 21 percent from 2018 and down 83 percent from a peak of nearly 2.9 million in 2010 to the lowest level since tracking began in 2005, according to a…
Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.1 percent from November 2019 to December, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
This result stems from an increase of 0.1 percent in average
hourly earnings combined with an increase of 0.2 percent in the…
There’s been talk of a slowdown in vehicle sales in recent years. Experts predicted that America’s post-recession new vehicle binge would inevitably be slowed by higher interest rates on loans, increasingly unaffordable vehicle prices and the tendency of millennials to shun vehicle ownership in favor of ride…
The percentage of credit card users in the U.S. has risen more than 7% from 2015 to 2019, according to Private Label Credit Cards in the U.S., 11th Edition, a report by market research firm Packaged Facts.
The uptick in credit card use underscores two important
trends:
Steady…
If saving money made your New Year’s resolution list, start by cutting your energy use, to save money year-round. With some simple lifestyle tweaks, you can trim your energy usage and help keep your 2020 budget in check, according to Duke Energy.
Here are ways to monitor and…