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Gig economy and driving an Uber are good examples. The latter doesn't even recognize you as an employee -- hence no rights.
by capdeck 7y ago
Gig economy and driving an Uber are good examples. The latter doesn't even recognize you as an employee -- hence no rights.
- pathseeker 7y agoIt's been that way forever. Contractors/individual proprietors/whatever are not employees.
- narag 7y agoThose guys are no contractors. There are laws with different treatment based on telling signs that a worker is an employee. I can't tell about the USA, but around here you're an employee when you work for one employer that decides the hours and other details, and provides the basic means for the job (the app in this case).
- cunac 7y agobasic means/tools -> car you set your time and drive whenever you please or not at all so in conclusion even by your test you are not employee
- thekyle 7y agoPretty sure that Uber/Lyft drivers set their own hours and many of them use many different ride sharing apps.
- narag 7y agoThe guys that deliver food have been declared covert employees recently here in lower jurisdiction. Not sure about taxi apps, there must exist a loophole at least to start. The question is you are very dependent of some party.
- pjmlp 7y agoThe are still subject to work law. If the work law in US does not protect them, that is another matter.
- chrisco255 7y agoThis is no different than handyman services, plumbers, tile layers, etc. When you work as a subcontractor, you are employed on a per job basis. Same goes for Uber and Lyft. I've heard far too many stories from these drivers about how their life has improved from the often supplemental income to be against it.
- i386 7y agoExcept Taxi services were at least reasonably well regulated and had award wages, including vacation and sick leave (Australia) and now people work for less than minimum wage and have jack shit entitlements, can be terminated at will. Same goes for many other gig economy roles.
- chrisco255 7y agoI don't know about Aussie but in the U.S. the only good cities for cabs were the very large and dense cities like NYC. Everywhere else cab services were awful. Cars were not clean, they often wouldn't take credit card, it would take 30 minutes or more to get picked up, it was just terrible service. I know Lyft only takes 20% of fare, so drivers get the bulk of fee and I pay $25 for a 15 minute ride to the airport and tip $5. I've heard drivers average between $18 and $25 an hour, so well above minimum wage.
- cyphar 7y agoThe quality of the service is unrelated to current discussion about workers' rights being dismantled by the gig economy. Minimum wage is only one aspect of workers' rights.
- pjmlp 7y agoMaybe that isn't a thing in US, but there are countries where work conditions of handyman services are regulated either by unions or guilds.