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"If you are an hourly-paid employee, you can't just choose the times that suit you" Why not? Or more specifically: the law doesn't require this, so why would
by jaaron 7y ago
"If you are an hourly-paid employee, you can't just choose the times that suit you"
Why not?
Or more specifically: the law doesn't require this, so why would it have to change?
The bill merely states, "hey, this flexible way you've been working, that's not independent contracting, that's employment and the employer have to abide by all these other regulations." Those regulations in no way require Uber to make workers work for specific hours, pay them hourly, or schedule their work differently. In fact, it just says, "the way you're already working, that's employment." So why do you think they'd have to change how they work?
- TuringNYC 7y agoThe law may not state it but economics does. Even the cheapest insurance plans cost 500/mo. If you drive an hour a month and earn $100 for the month, it is not cost effective to issue a full health plan for that. There is a break even point of course. But that break even point will not allow driver flexibility.
- SturgeonsLaw 7y agoThe real problem here is the coupling of healthcare with employment. Other than health insurance, there's very little in the way of benefits that would really need to be paid for a gig worker, I'm sure a lot of them would just prefer extra money. If the cost of healthcare was borne by the taxpayer, rather than a component of wages, then a case could be made that small shifts are feasible.
- michaelmrose 7y agoIf its not legal to drive uninsured and your insurance wont cover you driving commercially why is it OK for you to drive in such a way such that if you hurt someone they are screwed because you can't pay and your insurance wont? I think most of planet earth only wants to work 1 gig or at most 2 for somewhere between 20 and 40 hours. I doubt people who want to work a tiny number of hours make up a meaningful proportion of the workforce. In other words much ado about nothing.
- jrjdjdhhedh 7y agoThey are talking about health insurance it's easy to dismiss things out of hand when you can't seem to read correctly.
- michaelmrose 7y agoDid you just create this account to insult people seems like a bad use of your time.
- jrjdjdhhedh 7y agoSeems like learning how to read would be a good use of yours
- TuringNYC 7y agoUber drivers definitely have to have their own auto and liability insurance. The benefits being discussed are health insurance.
- michaelmrose 7y agoTheir auto insurance probably doesn't actually cover commercial driving. They are covered if they commit insurance fraud.