For enterprising hackers looking for personal information, a gig economy company presents an enormous trove of valuable data.

At its Feb. 15 meeting, the Austin City Council voted to make the city the first in Texas to require that employers provide paid sick leave to virtually all employees—whether full or part time.

For on-demand companies that have built their businesses around workers who have flexibility and the freedom, the line between employee and contract worker is blurry.

A survey conducted by Equilar finds that the largest pay gap exists in the retail sector, where the median employee only makes $13,000 a year, 669 times less than the typical retail CEO,