Workers in the gig economy have to deal with labour insecurity but they also take on more risk by using their own money to buy the tools they need to work.
Digital technology makes it easy for people to join the so-called “gig” economy and compete for work. But what employment rights does this online workforce really have, if any?
David S. Pedulla, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts and Devah Pager, Harvard University
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