Freelance work and the so-called “gig economy” have come to represent an enormous element of the modern labor force, with at least 27% of American workers engaging in some freelance or temporary “gigs” in 2016. Now—at least in New York City—the law is beginning to...
Americans have long romanticized the agricultural industry and the work it entails. Even in grittier depictions, think Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, the farming experience is linked to a simpler, more traditional way of life, where community and family is able to...