Archive for June 2021
Coalition launches amid battle over benefits for Uber, Lyft workers
Earlier this year, a coalition of nonprofits and big tech companies launched in Massachusetts to support ride-share and delivery drivers who want to maintain their status as independent contractors. Now the voices in favor of the other side of the debate, advocating for local gig workers being recognized as employees, have organized around their own…
Read More‘See you Tuesday’: Mass. companies expect empty offices on Mondays, Fridays
Once offices have fully reopened, a majority of the region’s employers anticipate most of their employees will be in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, according to a new survey from the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership Read More
Read MoreAnother $2B grant program is launching. Here’s who is eligible.
The Treasury Department has launched another multibillion-dollar Covid-19 relief program. Here’s which businesses are eligible. Read More
Read MoreThe labor shortage woes continue. Do workers just hate their jobs?
Rising wages, unfilled jobs and record-high quit rates. Experts weigh in on what exactly is going on in the labor market. Read More
Read MoreFirst look: These three giant cranes are a big deal for the Port of Boston
Massport is remaking the Port of Boston in the hope of attracting ships to and from Southeast Asia, a market that was becoming increasingly important to Massachusetts businesses before the pandemic and that has only grown in importance since. Read More
Read More‘Fitbit for your brain’ headphones aim to boost productivity
Set to release in 2022, these headphones, created by a neuroscientist are in place to help users maximize productivity. Read More
Read MoreStartup hopes to make shopping a ‘snap’ for wheelchair users
The company Includesign, which was founded by three Brown University graduates, unveiled their first product in a Kickstarter on May 13 with the goal of raising $10,000 to cover the company’s first batch of LapSnaps. Read More
Read MoreUMass Boston proposes student-debt plan at federal education hearing
UMass Boston has partnered with the higher-ed research firm Hildreth Institute to pilot a lower cost, no interest, lifetime repayment plan for college debt. Bob Hildreth, founder of the Hildreth Institute, and UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco laid out details of the partnership during a public hearing with the U.S. Department of Education on Monday.…
Read MoreStartup behind first FDA-approved prescription software to go public in $1.6B SPAC deal
Prescription software startup Pear Therapeutics on Tuesday became the latest local company to go public through a reverse merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and a good time for sports
Good morning, Boston. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know, plus what’s closing in Boston (you don’t really want to know), another new tech unicorn, Eddie Van Halen’s guitar and sports events we don’t normally get to see. Read More
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