Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees
by squiggleblaz on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @03:18PM
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Why say "ride sharing"? It's not sharing a ride. You can't use uber to basically organise carpooling. It's buying a ride.
Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees
by aianus on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @05:31PM
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Yes you can, I turn on Uber Driver every night on my commute home from work and they only give me riders heading in the same direction. You can do this up to twice a day on Uber.
Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees
by ericd on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @05:10PM
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You certainly can, at least in some of their markets. The vast majority of my Uber/Lyft rides are carpool rides, frequently there are 3 of us in the car with the driver.
It's called Uber Pool, and Lyft Line.
Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees
by reaperducer on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @03:59PM
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"Ride sharing" is a common term for Uber and similar companies because when Uber first started you did, indeed, share rides.
Now it's more correct to call it a "ride hailing" platform, but the original term still sticks.
That's not really the case in a lot of places - drivers 'rent' medallions from Taxi companies, as the medallions cost many times the annual income of a driver. Although, their value is droppnig due to ridesharing apps.
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