Like Seattle, Vancouver, B.C., is preparing to lockdown Airbnb rentals to improve the housing stock for full-time residents. The impact of this new law is simple: Airbnb rentals may not be a business, either operated by a property owner who rents their home part of the year or who keeps a separate apartment on their […]
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Worker differentiation is evolving in the on-demand economy. This India report shows that more experienced/highly skilled work is rewarded with a substantially higher pay. At the same time, the exploitation of women, who make half as much as men in the same jobs, is running unchecked. Companies need to fix this or it will be […]
The House and Senate Tax bills are not good for on-demand workers, according to this analysis. Tax bills are not the place to work out the defintion of employment for an emerging economy. “There is an important battle going on right now in labor and employment law over the appropriate classification of workers in the […]
Product installation is the New Hotness in on-demand. This type of service will likely be the first experience of gig work many households will try. Of course, if the holidays don’t produce positive results — and it may be too early for positive results, because it takes a while to work out fulfillment of services […]
Postmates goes international. A well-prepared launch, the company comes to market in Mexico City with 1,000 partners and couriers. In the U.S. Postmates has 100,000 couriers completing over 2.5 million deliveries every month. By launching in Mexico City, Postmates will be directly competing with the likes of UberEATS and SinDelantal (owned by JUST EAT and […]
They were valets when people parked cars, now $36.4 million in funding is directed to Stratim’s fleet management services. This is a muddled message, because it has not become clear yet that automakers will be auto managers on behalf of on-demand customers — at the high end of the market first. It makes sense that […]
From Adecco Group’s new Flexible Working report. Source: Unleashing the promise of flexible working – The Adecco Group
Today’s “stopgap” approach to work could be tomorrow’s standard work strategy. A transition is clearly underway when more than half of professionals in on-demand work indicate they chose the flexible work option. The study, Flexible Working: a career and lifestyle pathway, found that 54% of independent workers had embraced flexible working by choice to meet […]
Another lens to apply to the on-demand market: Future of Retail. Costco’s store-first strategy has led many analysts to refer to it as “Amazon-proof.” But there are dark clouds on the horizon. Many of its club members are also Amazon Prime members. Up until now, this hasn’t hurt the company, but that’s because Costco’s grocery […]
As predicted, SoftBank is putting pressure on the price of existing shares it may purchase as a part of its $10 Billion transaction with Uber. The days of Uber’s stratospheric valuation are over. Despite settling its Benchmark-Kalanick conflict, Uber shareholders now face a realistic assessment of the value of existing shares. In a statement to […]