Today in San Francisco, The Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative is releasing its first Portable Benefits Resource Guide. Stride Health was honored to contribute to this report, which provides guidance for policymakers interested in creating a standardized system of benefits for the budding 1099 economy.

American workers are quickly shifting towards more independent, self-directed work. It’s increasingly easy to find work and develop a flexible lifestyle outside of the bounds of the previous generation’s get-a-job-for-life mode. A key support structure for this shift has been the explosion of the on-demand economy, enabling independent working Americans to supplement or replace their personal income streams.