Re:Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22
by arcticbull on Thursday October 22, 2020 @11:05PM
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> ...then drivers would probably routinely drive at times they found pleasant, not profitable times for the staffing company.
Are you sure? Have you ever worked in a job at the mall that was relegated to telling you to "I dunno, why don't you come in when you're feeling pleasant or comfortable?" Similarly, airlines that schedule flight attendants don't tell them to come in whenever they want. You can fire people who are your employees, yeah? And you can pay people who outperform more.
Re:Uber Drivers Sue Company over Pressure to Support Prop 22
by jayparth on Friday October 30, 2020 @09:16AM
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Kind of dead thread but... If the company says to you: "you can work whatever hours you want!" And then turns around and says, "oh, but if you work those unprofitable hours, we'll fire you.." then how exactly is that not restricting the hours that you work? You can't have both.
A staffing company wants to reduce the amount of unprofitable hours driven. To do that they have to restrict working hours. It's not guaranteed but a highly likely outcome of the set up.