Labor/Employment
Aug. 27, 2016
Classifying laborers in the sharing economy
As businesses in the sharing economy have grown, many have developed rules that control the activities of individuals who participate in them. By James Ware
James Ware
Arbitrator and Mediator
JAMS
Email: jware@jamsadr.com
Prior to joining JAMS, James spent 24 years as a judge and 16 years as a civil litigator.
The sharing economy is now a recognized sector of the world economy. Businesses and individuals have embraced this new economy to exchange and share privately owned goods and services. Many of these "exchanges" have grown from neighborhood cooperatives into national and international enterprises. The sharing economy covers a wide range of business models, from peer-to-peer networks like Airbnb to business-to-peer networks like Zipcar...
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