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Re:Uber must employ its drivers, Dutch court rules by fallingknife on Monday September 13, 2021 @08:33AM (#28510657)
That's what I'm talking about though. The government thinks people should have these things but doesn't have the political will to implement them so they demand that employers provide them rather than just paying cash. This is the reason that the category 'employee' exists in the first place.
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Re:Uber must employ its drivers, Dutch court rules by wwtrv on Monday September 13, 2021 @10:25AM (#28511904)
‘so they demand that employers provide them..’ Yes, that’s the situation in the US, yes, not sure how relevant it’s to this discussion, though. In many European countries healthcare is funded through a payroll tax and provided by the government/a public agency.
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Re:Uber must employ its drivers, Dutch court rules by fallingknife on Monday September 13, 2021 @11:50AM (#28513020)
Yes and that's what we should do instead of this half assed, politically expedient, 'make the corporations pay for it' bullshit that we do now.
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