For many Companies the ability to hire on demand helped create the gig exonomy. VCs enjoyed while take home pay and medical benifits all declined got the workers. Comapnies like Uber took advantange of its new hungry work force and made Billions. Now a California court has ruled these people need to be considered Employees and costs of doing business will now increase where workers are still required. Uber will automate many things and will still do fine. But mega pay for executives may no longer be possible as long as Empolyees are paid and stockholders will now need to restrict a CEOs pay to no more then 100x its lowest paid worker.
https://angel.co/newsletters/uber-has-more-than-layoffs-to-worry-about