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Labor Department wants to get more gig workers on company payrolls

by Savannah Peters
Jan 9, 2024
The previous administration made it easier to classify workers for companies like Uber and DoorDash as independent contractors.
Uber, Lyft and DoorDash said Tuesday they don't plan to change their business models in light of the new rules.
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New rule lets companies treat some employees as gig workers

by Samantha Fields
Jan 7, 2021
Usually there are lots of benefits and protections that come with being an employee instead of a gig worker, like being paid the minimum wage.
An Uber Eats delivery worker rides an electric scooter in Manhattan in 2020.
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Reimagining the Economy

The gig economy and how workers might win it back

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Aug 31, 2020
One way to rethink the "sharing economy" involves setting up co-ops on apps.
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Summer looks different for musicians this year

by Andie Corban
Jul 2, 2020
More than three months into the pandemic, we check in with Chicago musician Seth Shulman.
Musicians have had to find new venues since the pandemic started, and the growth of the labor movement has affected the music industry, said Puja Patel, editor in chief of Pitchfork.
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My Economy

Tackling the unpredictable gig work of Broadway

by Andie Corban
Jan 13, 2020
Stagehand John Hatch has been underemployed for more than eight months.
Hatch and a coworker at the 2017 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. He was then working on CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
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Prioritizing stability over wealth

by Andie Corban
Nov 27, 2019
Ohio native Louise Eberle says the work-life balance of her public school job gives her more than wealth ever could.
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What does it mean to be "employed" in the gig economy?

by Amy Scott
Apr 19, 2019
A new European law tries to answer that question.
A person uses the Uber app on his iPhone in Times Square in New York City. 
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Your side hustle may not look so great come tax time

by Molly Wood
Apr 11, 2019
Are gig workers getting the guidance they need when it comes to filing their taxes?
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Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics is confused about your employment situation

by Ali Oshinskie
Oct 11, 2018
The gig economy is shrinking. Wait, what exactly is the gig economy?
Dog Walker Dorothy Agius-Bennett takes her pets for a stroll during a powerful rainstorm on December 21, 2010 in San Diego, California.
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