The Weekly Independent: July 30, 2018

Staying on top of your field means staying ahead of the biggest news stories. That’s why each week we bring you The Weekly Independent, a quick-hit digest of news of note from around the web.

• The U.S. government doesn’t know how big the gig economy is, Recode reports.

• Four major independent workforce themes at 2018 conferences.

• Supply Chain 247 looks at the role of the gig economy in the new future of work.

• What you need to know before making the leap to freelancing, according to Forbes.

• Bloomberg Businessweek explores the history and current state of the gig economy.

• Top self-employed tax deductions.

• The Labor Department may be supportive of gig companies in misclassification situations, says Lexology.

• A new report from the UK finds that self-employed workers are owed tens of thousands of pounds for work they have completed, reports the Huffington Post.

• Harvard Business Review looks at how U.S. law needs to change to support the self-employed and the gig economy.

• Bloomberg explores the contract workers of Google.

• More people are likely working multiple jobs than the government reports, Forbes says.

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