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

Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by Negitivefrags on Friday August 21, 2020 @02:32AM (#24232591)

If you went to a recruitment agency, would you expect them to send you to interview at every single company regardless of if they think that the company would be interested in hiring you?

Clearly agencies do discriminate who they match with each other. I would say that is the entire point of agencies infact.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by Supermancho on Friday August 21, 2020 @11:35AM (#24235735)

> you expect them to send you to interview at every single company regardless of if they think that the company would be interested in hiring you?

I expect to be matched with every available role and an attempt to be made to represent me to them (and they to me). The disclaimer that they are looking for X Y or not Z is part of that. There is a practical issue muddying the metaphor which does not apply to the rideshare matching technology.

> Clearly agencies do discriminate who they match with each other.

That needs to be explicitly outlined in your contract with an agency. An employment agency is legally prohibited from doing that. This is the heart of the legal matter, imo.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by gamblor956 on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:17PM (#24236186)

Crucial difference: recruitment agency matches based on criteria that customer and contractor provide, because they work for both as an agent.

Agencies don't match based on their own internal criteria. That would recharacterize the relationship between the agency and the contractor, flipping it around so that the contractor becomes their agent.

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