"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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mber.org, at 14:37:28 on Wed, 17 Aug 2016, Recliner
remarked:
If there is a valid criticism of Uber, it's that it treats its drivers as
employees, but pays them as if they're self-employed. So it doesn't
provide
employee benefits, but expects them to follow the sort of rules that
employees.

The "following rules for employees" is one of the acid tests in the UK for
whether you are actually an employee or not, irrespective of what your
contract says.

I don't believe that it treats its drivers like employees.

They appear to claim that because they want to be paid for their time
sitting around waiting for a pick-up as Uber can't supply them with enough
business (as there are too many drivers. Probably because becoming a Uber
driver is too easy - perhaps because of insufficient compliance checks)

But cabbies never get paid waiting (for a pick up) time. They have to make
it back from the pickups that they do get.

The fact that they don't seem able to do this is the reason why I thought
Uber fares were cheaper, cos black cabbies never complain that they don't
make a living wage (though whether they earn enough to pay for the vehicle
is another matter).

ISTR that there is a group of Uber cabbies looking to test their status in
court. I look forward to the result and will be amazed if it is found in
their favour.

tim