Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received...
by lenticular on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @07:07PM
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This really probably doesn't add up to fraud. There's a difference between being scummy and crime. This should be illegal of course, but it really probably isn't. Restaurants illegally take tips from their employees all the time, which would be a fraud against customers in the same way as this case. However, they don't get into trouble for fraud against customers, but wage theft. That of course doesn't apply to Instacart.
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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received...
by TheCoelacanth on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @09:44PM
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Would customers give the money if it were not labeled a "tip"? No. Is it a tip? No. Does Instacart gain something of value from this deception? Yes.
That is textbook fraud.
Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received...
by lenticular on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @09:59AM
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No, that really doesn't follow.