Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify drivers as employees

Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by quadrifoliate on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:18PM (#24116839)

> Uber drivers are private, self-owned businesses that rent out their time and equipment to a corporation on a completely arbitrary basis.

As far I know, this is not true. Uber dictates the prices that drivers can charge, they cannot set an arbitrary price for their own labor. Is that not the case?

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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by exhaze on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:56AM (#24117541)

Uber has been rolling out a feature to allow drivers in California to set their own prices, and today rolled it out to the entire state. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/uber-calif...

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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by rsanek on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:04PM (#24151984)

Small correction: not today, this article is from over a month ago.

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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by Akababa on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:55AM (#24117537)

I'm not sure that this makes an economic difference - ultimately Uber's algorithm will set the price where supply intersects demand. Or equivalently, drivers can raise their own prices/restrict supply by only working during surge hours.

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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by gocard on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:10AM (#24117086)

Is the driver charging the passenger? Or is Uber charging the passenger, and putting forth a contract at a set rate which individual drivers can accept or decline?

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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by blisterpeanuts on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:18AM (#24117113)

True, Uber sets the prices and also acts as the broker/middleman. Kind of a super-broker.

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