We wrote about this issue several times in 2018, and now we may be about to get answer to a question that could prove critical to the growth—or stagnation—of the gig work labor pool: does performing gig work in between full-time jobs disqualify a worker from receiving unemployment benefits? The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is about to become the first state high court to decide this issue, and the country waits with bated breath to hear the answer.

Our Memphis colleague, Greg Grisham, recently published a guest column in the Memphis Business Journal entitled: “Independent Contractors Now Eligible For Unemployment Compensation.”