Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay

Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by yibg on Thursday August 20, 2020 @06:23PM (#24229720)

You've lost me now. You've gone between multiple topics and I don't really understand what your stance is. Are you saying:

- There should be a limit on number of hours worked (regardless of type of employment).

- Everyone should be an employee, and not a freelancer or otherwise independently employed

- Everyone should get benefits

Or all 3? Those are all to me at least independent things. You can have work hour limitations as a contractor or you can be an overworked employee.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by coldpie on Friday August 21, 2020 @08:09AM (#24234186)

> - Everyone should get benefits

Yes.

> - There should be a limit on number of hours worked (regardless of type of employment).

I'm not getting into the specifics, my point is everyone should get the worker protections we have developed over the decades. If that includes mandatory time off, great, but it doesn't have to. I pointed to France's model as one potential example of how it might apply to non-employees like contractors.

> - Everyone should be an employee, and not a freelancer or otherwise independently employed

I don't care about the categorization so long as the worker protection regulations are being met.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by yibg on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:30PM (#24236325)

What about small business owners? If I open a restaurant I can only work 8 hours a day 5 days a week? I need to take 3 weeks off a year?

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