The last decade has seen a surge in the number of gig workers, indicating broad economic and demographic shifts and raising concerns around long-term financial security for a growing share of the workforce, according to some experts.
“We’re just going to keep seeing more of it,” Kerry Hannon, the author of several books on jobs and entrepreneurship, said of gig work. “For the bulk of the population, it’s really, really unfortunate.”
What constitutes the “gig economy” isn’t well-defined but typically includes people such as independent contractors and on-call and temp workers.
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