Re:Uber and Lyft don't have a right to exist
by theferalrobot on Saturday August 31, 2019 @12:49PM
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I don't think they said it would disqualify them, just that those arrangements are far more common in independent work. I would say it is rare to find those attributes in employee relationships, even rarer to find all of them.
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Re:Uber and Lyft don't have a right to exist
by braythwayt on Saturday August 31, 2019 @01:36PM
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Well, it is absolutely true that Uber and Lyft are unique. That’s their entire philosophy, to be different than what has come before.
But in doing so, they open themselves to the following reasoning: “Just as they bring a new and hitherto unique model for transportation companies, they also bring a new and hitherto unique model for employer-employee relationships.”
They are by definition unicorns, so while the courts may rule that their drivers are contractors, if they were to rule that the drivers are employees, it seems appropriate to accept that its relationship with its employees would also be unique.