When it comes to the FTC's comprehensive effort to reshape business in America, the agency's recent public efforts have largely focused on merger regulation, making its proceedings more accessible to the public and policing pandemic predators. Yet, in the background, the FTC has been quietly laying the foundation for an unprecedented attack on long-standing worker-classification norms, which could harm millions of Americans and thousands of small and large businesses that depend on independent contractors. Specifically, the FTC is preparing to unilaterally limit who qualifies as an independent contractor and prosecute violations under Section 5 of the FTC Act.