Deel - Compliance and payments for remote teams

@pashpops Quite different! A lot more accessible, legally binding contracts that are enforceable :)

@pashpops @bouazizalex can you please elaborate? Especially on the legally binding part?

@pashpops @anna_0x Yes! Well first our target market are all the guys that are not on marketplaces such as upwork and toptal. We aim to provide a marketplace-like structure for all our freelancer friends that get most of their jobs through referrals or cold emails (80% of the online freelancers). Regarding the contract builder, when we started working on Deel, we realised that most freelancers in this market segment tend to not even have a contract, they just tell their customers to pay them some % upfront and start working. On Deel, based on the variables entered, a contract is generated and binds both parties when signing. Let me know if that makes sense!

@pashpops @bouazizalex it does make sense for sure. My question is more like, just how legally binding is it? If both the client and the freelancer sign electronically, and then the client refuses to release the funds, can the freelancer go to court and say "well, he sign the Deel contract and I did the work as agreed so he must release it"? If yes, can they do that in all developed countries or only in the US (or wherever you are based)? I understand it will most likely not come to that because, as I understand it, if the client doesn't release the funds, they don't get the work, but perhaps they change their minds. Also, don't take this the wrong way, I am honestly curious as I don't know much about these things. I read in your FAQ "Our platform currently supports influencers validators, which can be found when creating a milestone-based contract. Deel utilizes technology to automatically verify when work was done and pays out the freelancer." Can you elaborate? How can you know whether or not the work has been completed? Also in your FAQ: "Deel is here to enter your hours and get paid, we don’t provide a service for you to send completed work." Let's say a freelancer has finished the work, shows a sneak-peak to the client, and the client approves. The freelancer gets the money but there is nothing to guarantee that the client gets the work after that. In such a case, I assume the client would want to take the freelancer to court, and presumably, the Deel contract they both signed could be used there, correct?

@pashpops @anna_0x Totally took it in a good way! And super thankful for you asking. It's super helpful for others to also understand. There is so much details you can get into on a Ph launch post. Deel's contract is built based on the freelancer union contract (https://www.freelancersunion.org...) therefore it is legally binding and could be taken to court if need be but to be honest, it has yet to happen. We actually started helping freelancers collecting back their debts as a feature on Deel since we know the ins and outs of this contracts (cc @david_head for example). We have been doing that for freelancers that got dead beat clients outside of Deel and although we don't promise anything, if that ever happens to you, we'll do our best to help --> https://airtable.com/shrOdPbQsL3.... For the influencer validator, you can try them out on the social media category when creating a milestone contract. Those are a small test we are trying out where for example if the milestone is an instagram post reaching X views, we can automatically validate the contract without the need of the client approving. Lots of work to be done there but it can be really cool! Finally, yep it's binding for both party! Hope that answers everything and again thanks for taking the time to writing this out and checking out our FAQ, it means a lot!

@anna_x_wang thank you! We love having you as one of our early adopters!

@tarek_mansour7 🙏

@yuriy_zaremba 🙏Thanks Yuriy! You rock

@yuliya_raquel Thanks Yuliya - can't wait for the feedback! 💪

@madavvero Anja's is next to me and saying thank you!!

@danielrubin109 🔥Thanks Daniel you u rock!

@antonio_garcia_aprea Thank you! Yeah, it's sad but true- struggles with getting paid as a freelancer seem to be a never-ending story! Let's change that!