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Genuine question, not snark. What if someone wants to be a contractor. In this case the govt wouldn't allow them to be? Say if someone doesn't want to commit to

• franczesko 4y ago
  There would be no logical reason to be a contractor. B2B is also a model of cooperation Uber utilizes, but then you're basically running a company on your own.
• Ekaros 4y ago
  Nothing actually stops that. Employers and employees are free to negotiate shifts and hours to work, this can even have mostly automated approval from employer. The issue is that employer can't just ignore the taxes, pensions, fees and such in relationship where employer clearly isn't in contractor like position.
  • ahallock 4y ago
    The employer holds the leverage in the relationship. This negotiation is a fairy tale. At least being a contractor you are guaranteed this right.
    • Ekaros 4y ago
      Depends on employment contract, but I would estimate in case of relationship like Uber the leverage on driver side is zero. So really not much to lose.
• dfxm12 4y ago
  The government ruled that in the way Uber operates, in its one size fits all agreement with drivers, its drivers fit the definition of employee. If a driver wants to be a contractor with Uber, they'd have to have a different agreement with Uber and Uber would have to create special rules for that contractor that meet the standards for contractor under local law. I don't think Uber is interested in managing individual (or even multiple boilerplate) contracts, and that's not even to say whether or not it would be beneficial economically for them.