Gig economy workers at risk in legal limbo

摘要

Most people understand the difference between working for an employer as an employee and working for oneself in a business as an independent contractor. In old-fashioned legal parlance, that was described as the difference between a "contract of service" and a "contract for services". Employees are part of the employer's organisation and earn wages rather than making profits; independent contractors are in business on their own account and take the financial benefits and risks of the success or failure of the enterprise.