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Under federal tax law if you're an employee it means you have a schedule. And if you're getting paid by the hour by Lyft you can't double dip and also get paid

Under federal tax law if you're an employee it means you have a schedule. And if you're getting paid by the hour by Lyft you can't double dip and also get paid by the hour by Uber.

tehwebguy 6y ago
I believe you have that inverted: if your employer gives you a schedule (among other things), that makes you an employee.
- chrisco255 6y ago
  Correct. But the point stands about being able to only work for one ride sharing app. How could they possibly cover minimum wage for folks without setting a schedule and requiring that they not be working for other apps at the same time?
  - cool_dude85 6y ago
    Hilarious stuff here. "Yes, I was wrong in my original post, I had it absolutely backwards. However, did you consider something totally unrelated?"
    - anigbrowl 6y ago
      This shouldn't have been downvoted. it's 100% accurate and the grandparent post's pivoting from one topic to another is a classic bad debate tactic.
      - jawns 6y ago
        I imagine the reason it's downvoted is not because the point isn't valid, but because of the tone. From the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.
        anigbrowl 6y ago
        We're not obliged to accommodate bullshit. The above only works when everyone is participating in good faith.
        jawns 6y ago
        By the way, remarking about whether a comment should or should not be downvoted is also against HN guidelines: > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
        anigbrowl 6y ago
        Yes, I'm fully aware of that.
      - chrisco255 6y ago
        It's not a pivot. I literally mentioned double dipping in my parent comment. At any rate, unless you are a salaried worker, you have to have a schedule so that minimum wage can be computed.
  - wrkronmiller 6y ago
    Perhaps by having drivers commit to a single platform, an hour at a time. At the end of the hour-long "shift" the driver then picks which platform to work for in the next hour, or chooses to go home.

Under federal tax law if you're an employee it means you have a schedule. And if you're getting paid by the hour by Lyft you can't double dip and also get paid by the hour by Uber.

tehwebguy 6y ago

I believe you have that inverted: if your employer gives you a schedule (among other things), that makes you an employee.

chrisco255 6y ago
Correct. But the point stands about being able to only work for one ride sharing app. How could they possibly cover minimum wage for folks without setting a schedule and requiring that they not be working for other apps at the same time?
- cool_dude85 6y ago
  Hilarious stuff here. "Yes, I was wrong in my original post, I had it absolutely backwards. However, did you consider something totally unrelated?"
  - anigbrowl 6y ago
    This shouldn't have been downvoted. it's 100% accurate and the grandparent post's pivoting from one topic to another is a classic bad debate tactic.
    - jawns 6y ago
      I imagine the reason it's downvoted is not because the point isn't valid, but because of the tone. From the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.
      - anigbrowl 6y ago
        We're not obliged to accommodate bullshit. The above only works when everyone is participating in good faith.
        jawns 6y ago
        By the way, remarking about whether a comment should or should not be downvoted is also against HN guidelines: > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
        anigbrowl 6y ago
        Yes, I'm fully aware of that.
    - chrisco255 6y ago
      It's not a pivot. I literally mentioned double dipping in my parent comment. At any rate, unless you are a salaried worker, you have to have a schedule so that minimum wage can be computed.
- wrkronmiller 6y ago
  Perhaps by having drivers commit to a single platform, an hour at a time. At the end of the hour-long "shift" the driver then picks which platform to work for in the next hour, or chooses to go home.