Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra...
by sudosysgen on Thursday August 20, 2020 @09:12PM
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Uber can simply adjust their algorithm and refuse to give shifts to drivers if there is enough drivers to cover the "bad" time period, which would be the exact equivalent of Uber drivers right now not getting rides (and not getting paid) when there is no demand.
Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra...
by asdasfasdfasdf on Thursday August 20, 2020 @08:00PM
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>if the driver drives in bad hours making their income not come up to minimum wage uber would be forced to pay the driver anyway
is this a California specific law? There are lots of variable hour workers out there that may skirt by below the hour threshold for a short amount of time, but generally the employer can set reasonable adjustment periods where they'd lose their benefits for continuing to do so.
There is, if the driver drives in bad hours making their income not come up to minimum wage uber would be forced to pay the driver anyway. In order to avoid this uber would be forced to limit when and where people can drive.
Being an employee means that the company has to ensure that the employees time is well spent so that it is worth the minimum wage and benefits at least. Being a contractor means that the contractor himself is responsible for what he is doing is profitable enough for him to live on. So changing them to employees means that now uber has to ensure every driver only drives when it is profitable for uber.
So everyone who wants to handle this responsibility themselves don't want to be an employee.