SF to require Lyft, Uber drivers to obtain business licenses

Posted by tasteup on Saturday April 16, 2016 @08:04PM
from the sfgate.com dept.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-to-require-Lyft-Uber-drivers-to-obtain-7250137.php

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Re:SF to require Lyft, Uber drivers to obtain business licenses by jacalata on Saturday April 16, 2016 @10:25PM (#11513221)

Wow, some hidden surprises here.

- they argue that they are not newly requiring this, just newly gained the ability to enforce, and so will enforce it for previous years as well

- Uber is falling back on the whole independent contractor angle: not our employees, not our licensing problem

- Lyft says they have issues with publicising driver information, but it isn't clear to me where this is made public.

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Re:SF to require Lyft, Uber drivers to obtain business licenses by mc32 on Saturday April 16, 2016 @11:42PM (#11513411)

The city got the companies to provide information on all the drivers who operate in SF, presumably the city publishes holders of these business licenses.

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Re:SF to require Lyft, Uber drivers to obtain business licenses by pink_dinner on Saturday April 16, 2016 @08:07PM (#11512894)

Does that mean a driver can also be protected from liabilitu through an LLC?

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