Episode 29: The Compensation of ‘Independents’ - Designing Portable Benefits with the Aspen Institute’s Shelly Steward




American Benefits Podcast show

Summary: Shelly Steward, research manager for Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative, talks to host Jason Hammersla about the independent workforce – a potent mixture of temp workers, contingent workers, “gig” workers and others – and argues why large employers should entertain and embrace the notion of portable benefits.