The Labor Department’s new rule will reverse a Trump-era edict and allow more workers to be classified as employees, not independent contractors. Pay up, Uber.

For years, the force of antitrust laws has been used to deny independent contractors their labor rights. Thanks to a Boston appeals court’s ruling, that could all change.

No, the gig economy isn’t taking over. Yes, employers use it to evade, illegally, their responsibilities for employees. Enter David Weil.

Workers won an important decision in a California court, but with companies like Uber and Lyft vowing to fight it, the war over Prop 22 and copycat legislation has only just begun.

Private businesses are paying police big bucks to work during their off-hours. Now a slew of start-ups are looking for a piece of that action.

App delivery workers for DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and other tech giants are fighting for a living wage, employment status, and the simple right to pee in privacy.

Americans for Prosperity and the usual suspects have turned out against the sweeping labor-law reform bill. But they’ve found odd company in a contingent of writers.

From open office plans to gig work cons and fast-food franchises, the question of who’s actually in charge has been intentionally obscured.

The gig company, like many of its peers, has seen business skyrocket during the pandemic—while exploiting workers and even failing to turn a profit.

In California, gig economy giants won the ability to make their own laws. Money will do that for you.

The ride-share firms push regressive labor and transportation policies—and they’re stocked with Obama alumni. Would Biden welcome or blacklist them?

The streaming business is booming. But the industry’s working stiffs say their lives are only getting more precarious.

The app-based economy was already a race to the bottom. The pandemic raises the question of how much lower things can go.

While the rich seek concierge care, workers without paid time off and insurance are left with few options but to punch in and hope for the best.

AB 5, a bill that would require companies like Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees, could provide meaningful labor protections.

"Gig" workers, who often earn less than minimum wage, are outraged by an IPO that could net shareholders billions.

Journalism's dependence on part-time freelancers has been bad for the industry—not to mention writers like me.

No generation has undergone such meticulous examination in recent years as the millennials. Yet our understanding of them contains a glaring gap.

In “Live Work Work Work Die,” Corey Pein tries to survive the gig economy.

Catherine Lacey's novel ‘The Answers’ tells the story of a girlfriend experience.