YC’s BlueCrew Provides Workers For The On-Demand World (But Hires Them As Employees With Benefits)

YC’s BlueCrew Provides Workers For The On-Demand World (But Hires Them As Employees With Benefits)

By Kim-Mai Cutler The Damocles sword hanging above the emerging on-demand economy is how to classify workers, and whether the dichotomy between permanent W2 workers and 1099 contractors is even appropriate to the kinds of work that exist today.
For example, Uber has stuck to the contractor model, since drivers provide their own cars, set their own hours and the company doesn’t need to do substantial… Read More

…read more

Via: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/pKgLoG_1X4E/

About author

You might also like

Uncategorized 0 Comments

Xiaomi Sold 34.7M Smartphones In First Half Of 2015, Up 33% Year-On-Year

By Jon Russell Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi today confirmed that it sold just shy of 35 million phones in the first half of this year. Read More …read more Via:

Uncategorized 0 Comments

Rental Platform Zoomcar Nabs $11M To Launch In More Indian Cities

By Catherine Shu Zoomcar, a Bangalore-based self-drive car rental platform, has picked up $11 million in fresh funding from Sequoia Capital, Empire Angels, and NGP. The new capital, which brings

Uncategorized 0 Comments

Peru's president grants medical pardon for jailed Fujimori

[unable to retrieve full-text content]LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s president announced Sunday night that he granted a medical pardon to jailed former strongman Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year