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Pardon my ignorance as I couldn't find a lot of information on this but if Uber became a transportation company wouldn't that require full-time contracts for al

by fuscy 9y ago

Pardon my ignorance as I couldn't find a lot of information on this but if Uber became a transportation company wouldn't that require full-time contracts for all the drivers that would use the application? This seems quite restricting as the purpose of the app is to allow anyone to join the platform and for the driver to drive only when he feels like it. Forcing licenses doesn't restrict the number of possible drivers? In my country most licenses are held by cartels who don't let any new incumbents in the market. Also there are some who don't want to be taxi drivers but just do this in off time in the weekends. In my country people that drive for Uber need to have either a juridic registration either as a company or as an authorized person and since Uber has forced online transactions, predetermined pay and a review system, the tax evasion is nonexistent, there is no pay cheating and the drivers behave (as opposed to the taxi drivers who due to cash transactions do a lot of tax evasion, temper with the registering devices and don't care about customer feedback even refusing rides based on tipping). I hope that if the legislation changes then it also brings the old system to the 21st century.

detaro 9y ago
That would entirely depend on the local laws, but I don't think requiring companies to have full-time contracts would be a common rule – a transportation company still should be able to use contractors. (E.g. I'm pretty sure my local bus company occasionally hires a driver for just a day or two) This here would be primarily clarifying that Uber is the one offering the service, fulfilling it using contractors, and can't claim that the contractor is directly offering to the passenger, and they just provide a place for the two to find each other. If that "transportation service" is covered by local laws about Taxis/cars-for-hire/... is not something discussed at this level (and if the answer is yes, then if it is in compliance with them), as far as I understand. The ECJ was asked to clarify on the platform-vs-service-provider point, not the local issue of what specific kind of provider they are and what rules apply to them.

by fuscy 9y ago

detaro 9y ago

That would entirely depend on the local laws, but I don't think requiring companies to have full-time contracts would be a common rule – a transportation company still should be able to use contractors. (E.g. I'm pretty sure my local bus company occasionally hires a driver for just a day or two) This here would be primarily clarifying that Uber is the one offering the service, fulfilling it using contractors, and can't claim that the contractor is directly offering to the passenger, and they just provide a place for the two to find each other. If that "transportation service" is covered by local laws about Taxis/cars-for-hire/... is not something discussed at this level (and if the answer is yes, then if it is in compliance with them), as far as I understand. The ECJ was asked to clarify on the platform-vs-service-provider point, not the local issue of what specific kind of provider they are and what rules apply to them.