Are you an employee? It depends, judges say

In the past three years, Beijing has seen a growing number of labor disputes involving legal questions about employer-employee relationships.

Many of the disputes have centered on smartphone applications, as the mobile economy has developed rapidly, courts in the capital reported on Tuesday.

With more people working for increasingly prosperous internet platforms since 2015 - especially smartphone applications that provide car-hailing and food services - app operators have been taken to court more frequently, Beijing High People's Court said.