"Gig jobs" - the newestterm for the employment of freelancers or independent contractors - are invoking a lot of discussion these days. Companies likeLyft,TaskRabbit,Upworkand many others arefrequently criticizedfor providing services delivered by independent (or even unlicensed) contractors. Some journalists are raising terrifying claims about how the sky is falling because "full-time employment is dyingand soon we'll all be obsolete". It's as if by 2020 we will be out on the street, penniless and begging a parasol-carrying bourgeois couple to let us run them across town in a rickshaw so we can earn a few tuppence for tonight's pudding. Provide your take on the new economy from the perspective of employment law.