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Uber breaks the law in mnay countries in Europe, I guess the fines for breaking it are not expensive enough for them. Maybe we should set the fines according t

Uber breaks the law in mnay countries in Europe, I guess the fines for breaking it are not expensive enough for them. Maybe we should set the fines according to company assets.

icebraining 10y ago
Does Uber break labour laws in European countries? Which ones? I live in an European country myself, and there was a large campaign by the taxi associations against Uber (though unsuccessful), yet I've never seen that accusation, only regarding other kinds of laws.
- rimantas 10y ago
  Does this count?: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/28/uber-awaits-major-tribunal-decision-over-drivers-working-rights/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/28/uber-awaits...
  - icebraining 10y ago
    It may count as breaking the law, but not as a disruption of existing practices; minicab drivers were already considered self-employed, despite having much less control than Uber provides: https://web.archive.org/web/20101114091503/http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2010/09/how-self-employed-are-addison.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101114091503/http://blogs.mirr...
- camus2 10y ago
  In French : 800,000 € fine http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/uber-condamne-a-800-000-eur-d-amende-10-06-2016-5870335.php http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/uber-condamne-a-800-000-eu... 1.2 million € fine http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2016/10/12/20005-20161012ARTFIG00251-uber-condamne-pour-incitation-au-maraudage.php http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2016/10/12/20005-20161012ART... So yes, uber breaks plenty of laws in European countries.
  - icebraining 10y ago
    None of those seem like they are violations of labour law, are they? (Yes, Uber does break other laws, I never disputed that)
    - literallycancer 10y ago
      Not going to go looking for the specific law now, but you can't use self employed people, or limited time employees for jobs that are usually done by full time employees (with indefinite contract) just because you want to keep costs down.

Uber breaks the law in mnay countries in Europe, I guess the fines for breaking it are not expensive enough for them. Maybe we should set the fines according to company assets.

icebraining 10y ago

Does Uber break labour laws in European countries? Which ones? I live in an European country myself, and there was a large campaign by the taxi associations against Uber (though unsuccessful), yet I've never seen that accusation, only regarding other kinds of laws.

rimantas 10y ago
Does this count?: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/28/uber-awaits-major-tribunal-decision-over-drivers-working-rights/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/28/uber-awaits...
- icebraining 10y ago
  It may count as breaking the law, but not as a disruption of existing practices; minicab drivers were already considered self-employed, despite having much less control than Uber provides: https://web.archive.org/web/20101114091503/http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2010/09/how-self-employed-are-addison.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101114091503/http://blogs.mirr...
camus2 10y ago
In French : 800,000 € fine http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/uber-condamne-a-800-000-eur-d-amende-10-06-2016-5870335.php http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/uber-condamne-a-800-000-eu... 1.2 million € fine http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2016/10/12/20005-20161012ARTFIG00251-uber-condamne-pour-incitation-au-maraudage.php http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2016/10/12/20005-20161012ART... So yes, uber breaks plenty of laws in European countries.
- icebraining 10y ago
  None of those seem like they are violations of labour law, are they? (Yes, Uber does break other laws, I never disputed that)
  - literallycancer 10y ago
    Not going to go looking for the specific law now, but you can't use self employed people, or limited time employees for jobs that are usually done by full time employees (with indefinite contract) just because you want to keep costs down.