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Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by Judgmentality on Friday October 23, 2020 @01:23AM (#24866259)
This is ignoring how much more expensive it will be if the drivers are employees. I don't know how much that is, but I'd imagine in addition to those $2 it would likely add another 30% or so to the total cost (someone more knowledgeable please chime in with a better estimate). Of course that's assuming you're operating at Uber's scale (there are still overhead costs), but since prices go up you aren't, so now the prices need to go up even more!

I don't know where the equilibrium point is, I just know it's higher than what Uber is charging. My extremely hand-wavy guess is rides would need to cost around 50% more.

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Re:California appeals court rules Uber, Lyft must reclassify... by bufferoverflow on Friday October 23, 2020 @06:44AM (#24868048)
> I don't know how much that is, but I'd imagine

There's your problem. I think you need to go and research and see how much an employee costs to the employer in CA. In terms of taxes, overhead, accounting, insurance, and everything else CA demands.

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