If you're a gig worker, your boss might be using a technicality to underpay you

• Many workers are classified by employers as independent contractors, rather than employees.
• That might be costing them thousands, since employees receive overtime pay and benefits.
• The Biden administration has proposed a rule making it easier for gig workers to be counted as employees.

Misclassifying employees as gig workers can cost them thousands of dollars in lost pay and benefits, according to a new analysis from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute (EPI).