Uber Plans Millions in Back Pay After Shortchanging NYC Drivers

Re:Uber Plans Millions in Back Pay After Shortchanging NYC D... by gaius on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @05:03PM (#14405330)

since otherwise people would artificially class themselves as contractors to pay less

That is exactly what they do do. IT, media, even public sector, it is rampant. The Inland Revenue keep trying to crack down on it but contractors are very sly about it and always find a loophole to technically meet the requirement as if they were a genuine small business.

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Re:Uber Plans Millions in Back Pay After Shortchanging NYC D... by beojan on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @06:13PM (#14405831)

Well, they also lose the right to paid holiday, sick pay, not be fired at will, and so on.

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Re:Uber Plans Millions in Back Pay After Shortchanging NYC D... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @07:09PM (#14406234)

And so they do. Speaking from what I see in Poland, you can divide people going "contracting" into two groups: in industries like IT, it's an easy way to get ~20% bigger salary than you'd otherwise get in a similar position. In low-skilled industry, it may be the only way you'll get a raise (or even a job), so people don't have much choice.

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