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If Uber and Lyft drivers were employees the Uber and Lyft could mandate which times of day drivers need to work, as well as prohibiting them from working for co
by Manuel_D 3y ago
If Uber and Lyft drivers were employees the Uber and Lyft could mandate which times of day drivers need to work, as well as prohibiting them from working for competing ride share companies.
Like it or not, Uber and Lyft drivers are indeed contractors. They set their own hours, and are free to work for competing ride share apps. There's nothing dishonest about this, people are
just salty that the "Ride share driver are actually employees" meme is not true.
- coldpie 3y agoSure, I'm just explaining why the council chose the per-mile strategy in order to enforce the already-extant minimum wage ordinance.
- Ekaros 3y agoBut on other hand they are not free to set prices. Which to me is what would make Uber and Lyft purely matching service. Allow the drivers to set the prices and rules. Then customers can take or not take them.