The gig economy is growing mostly in traditional industries and jobs where contractors are replacing full-timers, researchers argue. Uber's growth may be masking the lack of scale from other app-based on-demand startups, Josh Zumbrun writes.

Ride-sharing startup Juno is looking to take on well-known rivals with a driver-friendly business model. The company is recruiting highly rated Uber and Lyft drivers and will give them the chance to earn equity and be classified as full-time employees. The company is in stealth mode, with plans to launch its app in New York City.

More workers are taking a gradual approach to retirement, relying on "bridge employment" jobs either by choice or necessity. These jobs "tend to be lower pay and less likely to have pension and health benefits, but since many people are taking these jobs voluntarily, they obviously provide some advantages -- most likely flexible hours, since more than half of the bridge jobs are part time," said Boston College economist Joseph Quinn.

Research shows that forcing employees to sacrifice their health and well-being to get results is ultimately counterproductive, write Arjun Dev Arora and Raman Frey. "We have both found that encouraging employees to be creative and independent -- not obedient soldiers taking orders down the chain of command -- makes everyone feel like they have a stake in a positive outcome," they write.

New York warehouse workers have sued Target, alleging "operations group leaders" were misclassified so the company could avoid paying overtime. Target will fight the lawsuit, spokeswoman Molly Snyder says.

The talent gap facing the US cybersecurity sector will only worsen unless government and the media stop presenting hackers as the enemy and start seeing them as part of the solution, writes David Brumley of Carnegie Mellon University. Brumley writes that most hackers are "curious, highly imaginative professionals" and are essential to improving cybersecurity, not the criminals the media often makes them out to be.

Good corporate communicators know how to combine a range of skills, including effective body language and careful listening, to get their messages across, writes Steve Olenski. The good news is that these skills can be learned, even a more technical ability like video.