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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by sudosysgen on Thursday August 20, 2020 @08:56PM (#24230787)
Uber is arguing that drivers are not their contractors, but contractors of the riders. Therefore, Uber denying some wouldn't be the right of Uber unless they were contractors to Uber, in which case they would be misclassified and actually employees as per AB5.
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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by ng12 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @11:08PM (#24231562)
So Uber isn't allowed to delist drivers from their marketplace?
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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by sudosysgen on Thursday August 20, 2020 @11:24PM (#24231645)
In a vacuum, yes. But when the controls that Uber exercises over their marketplace inch closer and closer to the control exercised by an employer over and employee, it becomes dicey.

More so, not accepting to sell your item (labour) at the first price offered becoming a cause for delisting in a marketplace is very shady and stretches the definition of "marketplace" really hard.

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