The Gig Economy Grows Up Into Labor Platforms
Ride-hailing was the dress rehearsal. The real gig market is skilled, recurring and increasingly formalised.
From errands to professions
Skilled work — nursing shifts, warehouse staffing, design sprints, tax seasons — now flows through labor platforms with benefits pooled across gigs.
Regulation is catching up, but the direction is set: work is fragmenting into projects, and platforms are becoming the employers of record.
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