Casper and DTC Brands, Plus California’s New Freelancer Law
After Hours
TED Audio Collective / Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, & Felix Oberholzer-Gee
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Youngme Moon , Felix Oberholzer-Gee , and Mihir Desai debate the fate of DTC brands like Casper mattresses and whether independent contractors should be classified as employees under California’s new AB5 law. (Listeners are invited to fill out the After Hours Survey.)
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective. I believe in rethinking ideas we've taken for granted to learn how to live better. |
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| 0:25.8 | HBR presents. Hi everyone you're listening to after hours I'm young me I'm me here I'm feelings hey |
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