She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was Allowed Back on the Road

Re:She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was A... by qzygr on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:20PM (#20720958)

>After BuzzFeed News began asking questions and Uber learned about the police investigation, that changed. The driver is now off the platform and will remain off unless authorities determine the matter should be dropped, a spokesperson for the ridesharing app said.

So the guy loses his income until the police determines if he's actually guilty or not. Guilty until proven otherwise. Oookay.

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Re:She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was A... by vkou on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:24PM (#20720975)

Try physically assaulting someone at your office, and you'll probably lose your income long before the justice system determines you to be guilty.

I don't need a jury of 12 peers to voluntarily choose to stop associating with you, and neither does your employer. Unless, of course, you think that every firing should be done by a jury trial..?

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Re:She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was A... by chrischen on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:56PM (#20721685)

The jury isn't there just for show you know, or to give a semblance of credibility.

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Re:She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was A... by vkou on Sunday August 18, 2019 @01:39PM (#20731625)

The jury's not for show, but their decision has no bearing on whether or not I want to employ a contractor in an at-will capacity.

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Re:She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was A... by true_religion on Saturday August 17, 2019 @04:29AM (#20722890)

Maybe they can fire him after an arrest?

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Re:She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was A... by qzygr on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:25PM (#20720982)

Cool. Where's the proof that he actually did any of this? I mean, other than what that woman said.

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Re:She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was A... by vkou on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:29PM (#20721011)

It doesn't matter. I don't need a jury of 12 peers to fire an employee, for any reason whatsoever, or no reason whatsoever, and I sure as shit don't need one to can a contractor.

People get fired from blue-collar jobs for much less, all the fucking time, without a shred of evidence beyond he-said-she-said. You don't even need to allegedly commit a crime to be fired on the spot from a lot of jobs.

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Re:She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was A... by CompanionCuuube on Monday August 19, 2019 @12:44PM (#20739331)

> People get fired from blue-collar jobs for much less, all the fucking time

That says more about our at-will, "Right To Work" employment economy than it does about the morality of firing this individual.

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Re:She Reported Being Assaulted by Her Uber Driver. He Was A... by qzygr on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:30PM (#20721018)

Nice. So, as I said, he loses his income without any proof that he did rape anybody. All cool and dandy indeed.

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