Uber drivers are workers not self employed, Supreme Court rules

Re:Uber drivers are workers not self employed, Supreme Court... by sdoering on Friday February 19, 2021 @06:54AM (#26192146)

Replying to sister comment.

In Germany, if you can't afford a lawyer you are entitled to the government paying legal aid in civil cases [1]. As you are - I just realize - in many countries.

Problem is, that a restaurant owner isn't entitled to that so that even if you are a small company (self employed restaurant owner) you are toast. You could hope to have a legal insurance covering stuff like that, but not sure, if that would be the case for most insurances.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_aid#Germany

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Re:Uber drivers are workers not self employed, Supreme Court... by sgift on Friday February 19, 2021 @09:23AM (#26193430)

The Wikipedia article doesn't tell this (which is okay, it's not the main topic), but you have to be really poor to get legal aid in Germany. When I needed this years ago I wasn't eligible because my parents had paid into a pension insurance for me and it was worth more than 5k. This is a common problem with these schemes here in Germany. If you are really rich you have no problems, if you are really poor there exist some systems (I wouldn't say they are good, but that's also another topic). People in between? Tough luck.

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Re:Uber drivers are workers not self employed, Supreme Court... by maxlybbert on Friday February 19, 2021 @10:28AM (#26194148)

If it’s limited to the poor, then the US has that through nonprofits like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legal_Aid_Society . There’s no standard, or for that matter, no single organization to look for, so it’s hard to say who exactly qualifies in any particular city.

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