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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by ApolloFortyNine on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:11AM (#21629433)
>while simultaneously classifying drivers as independent contractors.

They are independent contractors. There's no time you have to be at work. There's no amount of time you have to work a given day of the week, or during the whole week. If they were forced to turn them into employees, that would all go away.

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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by dls2016 on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:15PM (#21630292)
I understand, but in certain jurisdictions your viewpoint is being challenged. See: AB 5 in California or an announcement from the state of New Jersey that Uber owes $640 million in back taxes and fines for misclassifying employees.

I personally have a moral problem with drivers not being allowed to charge their own rate while simultaneously being labeled independent contractors.

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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by ApolloFortyNine on Monday November 25, 2019 @01:36PM (#21631248)
There are many countries where free speech is regularly challenged, that doesn't make it right.

Especially in New Jersey's case trying to retroactively tax them. California at least is just changing a law.

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