The gig is up for traditional workplace norms

Up to 162 million people engage in independent work in the US and European Union.

Independent work is defined as work which: has a high degree of autonomy; is paid for by task, assignment or sales; and where the relationship between worker and client is short term in nature.

Many independent workers depend only on themselves to generate income. They sell goods, they rent rooms or they blog. Others provide services to third ...