California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and Lyft

Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by ansible on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @10:27AM (#20928574)

> And if you're working full-time for somebody, don't you deserve the benefits everybody else gets?

I'd argue that if you deserve benefits like everyone else.

Especially ridiculous is the situation some people I know of are in. They are working two or three part-time jobs because they can't find a full-time position. The places that employ them have many part-time positions, and fewer full-time positions. And these people don't get benefits.

So you've got people who are working 40+ hours a week, for employers who have enough hours to work to have full-time employees, but instead have part-time job openings instead.

All so that the employers don't have to pay for benefits.

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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by JeffL on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:24AM (#20929213)

I would guess it's because their labor is not worth minimum wage plus all the extra overhead costs of a full time employee. It's people trying to get by despite stupid price controls that don't reflect reality.

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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by ansible on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:28AM (#20929273)

And because we've tied health care to employment directly. If only we wanted to have affordable health care for everyone...

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