The "gig economy" could be setting up many young adults for drinking problems later in life, a new study warns. People who take poorly paid temp jobs as freelancers or independent contractors are 43% ...

The gig economy has shifted from a niche concept to a fundamental aspect of the global labor market, significantly altering traditional employment models. As this trend continues to grow, human ...

I’m 32, and I haven’t worked a “real” (full-time) job since I was 23 and finished my two-year commitment with Teach for America. Since 2013, I’ve piecemealed together part-time jobs that include ...

Technological development in the digital era has rapidly and irrevocably altered the way people relate and communicate. Joanne McNeil’s first book, Lurking: How a Person Became a User, is a critical ...

From Uber’s 137 million monthly customers to Upwork’s network of 18 million freelancers and 5 million clients, the global gig economy is bigger than ever. These gig work platforms create substantial ...

The U.S. Labor Department recently finalized a rule that reinforces the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)—our federal law establishing a federal minimum wage, a right to an overtime wage, and child ...

If At Work had been made 50 years ago it would likely have been a bawdy sex comedy — Confessions of a Handyman — but in today’s world there is next to no fun to be had from the world of no-strings ...

Bastien Bouillon is wonderful as a shambling, self-unmade hero in this French drama, a quiet gem in this year's Venice competition. Who we write for, and why, is one of many untidily answered ...

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Aziz Ansari plays a down on his luck gig worker who switches places with a rich guy in “Good Fortune,” which he also wrote ...