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Use The 5 Elements of Personal Brand Positioning To Land New Clients
This one-hour MBO Partners webinar features nationally recognized branding expert Amanda Miller Littlejohn, an award-winning PR practitioner, personal branding coach, and founder of Package Your Genius Academy—a leadership program where women gain the skills they need to make themselves and their work visible in the digital age. Littlejohn discussed the five elements of personal brand positioning. Independents will…
Read MoreCertified Self-Employed: The Certification That Would Unleash Entrepreneurship
An op-ed from CEO Gene Zaino discussing the need for the Certified Self-Employed solution.
Read More50 Providers to Know and 50 Providers to Watch for 2016
MBO Partners has been chosen by Spend Matters as a “Provider to Watch” in 2016.
Read MoreThe Rise of the 6-Figure Freelancer
In 2015, 2.9 million full-time independent contractors were making more than $100,000. That is more than 16 percent of the 17.8 million full-time independent contractors in the U.S. in 2015, according to research from Herndon, Va.-based MBO Partners. That means almost one in five full-time freelancers were turning six-figure salaries last year. The research was…
Read MoreIndependent Contractor Classification: How Certification May Help Reduce Compliance Risk
The growth and innovation of the American workplace has outpaced the evolution of laws and rules. A modern solution is very necessary to (re)stimulate this innovation. With this in mind, this week, we released a proposal, the Certified Self-Employed (CSE) solution, to modify how the U.S. government classifies and regulates independent workers. The growth and…
Read MoreMorning Shift: Business Services Company Suggests New Class of Worker
MBO Partners, a management services company, is out with a report today calling for the federal government to create a formal certification process for independent workers who would be known as the “Certified Self-Employed.” This new class of worker “would spur a new industry to service independents, providing them with elements of traditional employment,” like…
Read MoreWill This New Labor Classification Save Gig Workers’ Careers?
Under the proposal released this morning [by MBO Partners], independent workers would be able to seek a special certification signifying that they have formally declared their status as independent workers and have opted out of the protections given to traditional employees. Companies who hired the certified workers would be safe from having the workers reclassified…
Read MoreMBO Partners Proposal to Address Part of the Worker Classification Conundrum
MBO Partners released a policy proposal Tuesday for the institution of a new “worker certification” called Certified Self-Employed (CSE). The proposal lays out a certification program through which workers who meet certain program criteria and comply with program requirements would be designated self-employed. The certification, proposed to be administered and governed by the federal government’s…
Read MoreMBO Proposes ‘Certified’ Solution to Independent Contractor Question
Misclassifying an independent contractor can prove costly — for example, FedEx recently agreed to settle a misclassification suit for $228 million. On the other hand, properly classifying a worker isn’t always easy; laws and regulations are complex and differ by location…But MBO Partners believes it has a solution in the form of a new “certified…
Read MoreMBO Partners Proposes Modernization of Independent Workforce Regulations with new “Certified Self-Employed” Designation
The nation’s largest provider of services for independent contractors proposes a national designation to simplify worker classification for America’s growing independent contractor workforce. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Dolmatch (212) 784-5709 mdolmatch@groupgordon.com MBO Partners Proposes Modernization of Independent Workforce Regulations with new “Certified Self-Employed” Designation The nation’s largest provider of services for independent contractors proposes…
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