Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey

Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by username90 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:43PM (#21540805)

> Uber basically controls every aspect of the entire process but let's people choose when they want to work.

No, the main benefit is that Uber doesn't choose who can drive, anyone can sign up and start driving. I don't see how you can classify them as employees without Uber having any selection criteria at all for the drivers except that they have a valid drivers licence.

The workers choose to work at Uber, Uber didn't choose to employ the workers since Uber is open for all.

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Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by 9HZZRfNlpR on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:48PM (#21540853)

What about drivers rating?

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Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by username90 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:53PM (#21540897)

Don't you start driving before you get a drivers rating? So it is not a blocker for you to start working there. After that isn't the drivers rating just a way for riders to kick misbehaving drivers off the platform? So it is the riders who fire the drivers, not Uber.

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Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by malandrew on Sunday November 17, 2019 @02:37PM (#21559588)

The company doesn't give out driver ratings. Other marketplace participants do.

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