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Is there any gig economy app that simply creates a marketplace (like Craigslist)? This seems like it would be far preferable, because otherwise you're just aski
by tenaciousDaniel 7y ago
Is there any gig economy app that simply creates a marketplace (like Craigslist)? This seems like it would be far preferable, because otherwise you're just asking people to be an employee without any employee protection.
In a marketplace system, these people aren't employees; they're owners of their own business.
- JoshTriplett 7y ago> Is there any gig economy app that simply creates a marketplace TaskRabbit and similar.
- tenaciousDaniel 7y agoI disagree. Task Rabbit places demands on their providers, such as requiring them to respond within a particular time frame. If any such demand is placed on you, you are an employee.
- JoshTriplett 7y agoA big part of the point of a marketplace of contractors would be to do some form of vetting. Contracts can have standardized terms. People may want insurance or other protection. Contracts are more than just "X pays Y, Y does work for X". A marketplace making a requirement that contractors on their platform must respond to messages within N hours doesn't inherently make the contractors into employees. "We don't list people unless they meet these requirements" serves as a major selling point. "We list anyone who shows up" makes for a noisy, lower-value marketplace.