Home Services Firms Add Legal Help as Biden Ponders Labor Change

Home services companies Alfred Club Inc., TaskRabbit Inc., and Shef Inc. have appointed in-house legal chiefs as the Biden administration considers labor rules that could change how the gig economy operates.

Alfred, which provides concierge services to apartment buildings and landlords, has hired Matthew Kane to be its general counsel. He joins Alfred from Z Capital Group LLC, where he was managing director, general counsel, and chief compliance officer.

TaskRabbit, a mobile labor provider acquired in 2017 by Swedish home goods giant Ikea Group Corp., this month brought on new general counsel Benjamin Edelhart, who most recently served as a ...