Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel programs and rules

Re:Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel prog... by vadym909 on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @01:22PM (#15020269)

If I was a large business with deep pockets, I'd be wary of signing up to use independent contractors to ferry employees around and get embroiled in the employee misclassification debate.

Uber has said it is just a platform enabling the transaction between an independent driver and customer. That puts the entire burden of employee classification on the company. If HR sets the travel policy on the app, they would be authorizing it.

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Re:Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel prog... by saosebastiao on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @01:32PM (#15020365)

I'd say that if the company doesn't even know the name of the person providing the service before they order the service, that they've offloaded that particular risk pretty damn well. The employee/contractor grey line is pretty far away from that.

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Re:Uber debuts new Uber for Business with custom travel prog... by bmm6o on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @02:40PM (#15021055)

Whatever debate there may be about how Uber drivers should be classified, there's no way it directly impacts Uber's customers. Please provide a citation, if you have one.

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