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U.S. judge says Uber drivers are not company's employees

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Re: U.S. judge says Uber drivers are not company's employees

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> The drivers work when they want to and are free to nap, run personal errands, or smoke cigarettes in between rides, Baylson said.

Interesting. If that makes you not an employee then half the flexible working time companies don't have employees :)

Re: U.S. judge says Uber drivers are not company's employees

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> The drivers work when they want to and are free to nap, run personal errands, or smoke cigarettes in between rides, Baylson said. Interesting. If that makes you not an employee then half the flexible working time companies don't have employees :)

What are flexible working time companies?

Re: U.S. judge says Uber drivers are not company's employees

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Unsurprising, but luckily only applicable to the US however undoubtedly will be referred to on other trials in other economies.

We've always had the 'gig' economic problem.

It's maybe me but I don't get it. Treating employment as subcontracting tilts benefits massively to the employer and reduces unionisation. It's anti worker. It's retrograde. It's going to increase dependencies on state benefits due to the lack of savings, depressed lifetime income and absense of 401 self funded retirement.

Re: U.S. judge says Uber drivers are not company's employees

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> The drivers work when they want to and are free to nap, run personal errands, or smoke cigarettes in between rides, Baylson said. Interesting. If that makes you not an employee then half the flexible working time companies don't have employees :)

What are flexible working time companies?

I guess the parent meant come in between 8-10 leave 8hrs later?

Re: U.S. judge says Uber drivers are not company's employees

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> The drivers work when they want to and are free to nap, run personal errands, or smoke cigarettes in between rides, Baylson said. Interesting. If that makes you not an employee then half the flexible working time companies don't have employees :)

If that were all that mattered, then sure. There are a dozen or so other considerations.
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