Category Archives: delivery service

Lege TREND. Curb Ride Share via Labor Code Legislation.

California AB 5 (2019 | CA) would codify state Supreme Court ruling concerning independent contractors.

App based independent contractors are being reclassified as employees under the ruling.

Is this legislstive reclassification of independent contractors to employees limited to ride share? No, it also hits trucking, construction, newspapers, and janitorial services companies.

In 2018 an alternative worker classification, marketplace contractor, was proposed by AB 2765 (2018 |CA). 

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Local Trend. Ordinances on Robot Delivery Services. 5 Bits informed:intel.

The City: San Francisco

The ordinances: Address “cargobots” on city sidewalks and place these 5 limitations:

  • Companies can have 3 robots a piece
  • 9 total robots for the entire city
  • bots will be relegated to low population industrial areas
  • constant human monitoring
  • Speed limit of 3 miles an hour

Self Driving Car Trend. 3 Economic Benefits. New Report.New Economy- the Passenger Economy.

A new report by: Intel

Sets out 3 economic benefits of self driving vehicles:

  • $7 Trillion industry by 2050
  • $3.7 Trillion or 55% will be consumer
  • $3.0 Trillion or 43% will be business to business use of self driving vehicles

New buzz phrase: Passenger Economy (passengers of self driving vehicles)

+ it saves lives: the conservative estimate of 585,000 lives can be saved by self driving cars

Intel | Accelerating the Future: The Economic Impact of the Emerging Passenger Economy 

Business Trend + Lege Trend. Store Workers Make Deliveries on Commute. Who is liable if there's an accident?

The business trend: WalMart is leveraging store worker commutes to make deliveries

Lege trend: Is the delivery during the commute within the scope of employment? Is the employee on the clock? What background checks should be required? 

WallStreet Journal | Wal-Mart Tries Using Store Workers to Deliver Online Orders