Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees

Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by CydeWeys on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:12PM (#22490302)

Oh come on, of course those kids were forced to work in those mines. They weren't allowed to refuse. They had to do whatever their parents told them to. The alternative was being a homeless street urchin.

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by pishpash on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @11:23PM (#22490956)

I believe the alternative to driving Uber is serving at McDonald's, not becoming a homeless street urchin, so vivid imagery of this strawman notwithstanding, the argument for regulation isn't nearly as convincing.

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by madsbuch on Thursday March 05, 2020 @01:33AM (#22491431)

Whether people work at McDonald's or Uber, or are homeless, everybody should be able to lead lives with dignity.

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by manigandham on Thursday March 05, 2020 @07:26AM (#22492958)

Sure, nobody said anything against that. How is that relevant to this discussion?

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by madsbuch on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:16AM (#22494178)

Regulations are needed to lead lives with dignity. That was basically what the whole discussion was about.

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by manigandham on Thursday March 05, 2020 @07:25AM (#22492955)

Times were different. The alternative was the family starving, and it gets worse the farther you go back in history. It's not very relevant to today.

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