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To answer your first "Why?" it's because employees have to be paid much more when working over 40 hours / week. Drivers will no longer be able to work an extra
by maxk42 6y ago
To answer your first "Why?" it's because employees have to be paid much more when working over 40 hours / week. Drivers will no longer be able to work an extra 5 hours when they need extra money: They'll have to have a second job. Similarly, there are certain minimum costs associated with each employee above and beyond the costs of a contractor. This may mean Uber is forced to favor drivers who commit to a certain minimum of hours per week, ridding themselves of the "before and after work" driver crowd. The net effect of these two forces means Uber will just be another part-to-full-time job.
- jojobas 6y agoBasically you're arguing that the race to the bottoms is good for everyone involved. From a country that has hard fought-for USD16/hour minimum wage, paid 10 sick leave and 20 annual leave days per year, this doesn't appear true at all.
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- LudwigNagasena 6y agoHow does allowing flexible work arrangement imply “race to the bottom”?
- jojobas 6y agoNothing precludes proper employees with flexible arrangements. Forfeiting overtime pay and other labor protections afforded by law are definitely race-to-the-bottomy.
- LudwigNagasena 6y agoNothing precludes contractors having labor protections either.