https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3aqnm8/us-labor-secretary-gig-workers-should-be-classified-as-employees-in-many-cases

On Thursday, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh signaled that so-called gig economy companies might finally be forced to follow U.S. labor law and reclassify their workers as employees.

“We are looking at it but in a lot of cases gig workers should be classified as employees… in some cases they are treated respectfully and in some cases they are not and I think it has to be consistent across the board,” Walsh told Reuters in an interview. “These companies are making profits and revenue and I’m not (going to) begrudge anyone for that because that’s what we are about in America… but we also want to make sure that success trickles down to the worker.”