Workplace Troubles

Emma, twenty-six, is so petite—barely a hundred pounds—that she brings to mind thoughts of Tinker Bell. So when this college graduate tells me that she’s done a number of moving and other manual labor jobs as a TaskRabbit, I assume I’ve heard her incorrectly. Then she starts talking about pain. “I’ve actually had back issues; I’m not kidding,” she says, catching the look of surprise on my face. “Yeah, I’ve had back issues for a while; the first time I did it, I had back issues, and more recently I did again, a couple of weeks ago. And