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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by Pfhreak on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:17PM (#26700909)
If you are providing rides as a business, you must be willing to accept seeing eye dogs. If you cannot meet this qualification, then your options are limited.

I am not a lawyer, but it sounds like you might not want to own a driving business or you may want to work with your employer to accommodate your needs. (e.g. by dispatching another driver, etc.)

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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by lupire on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:26PM (#26701058)
Drivers are not a "business". They are laborers for Uber, which is the business.
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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by Pfhreak on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:41PM (#26701279)
I mean, yeah, I'd love to liver in that world. Unfortunately, Uber has campaigned widely that their drivers are, in fact, independent contractors and not employees.

The drivers should be employees, imo, but the way the company is structured today, they are not.

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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by anoonmoose on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:33PM (#26701153)
That's how it should be, that is not how it is.
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