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Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are employees in New Zealand, opening door for sick leave, holiday pay, and minimum wage. Gig companies warn of collapse if forced to pay decent wage. (www.thepost.co.nz)
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[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

  1. Someone who is not an employee can negotiate the fee per mile. You seem to think only accepting longer trips is the same.

  2. No, you can't only accept longer trips. The system will punish a driver for attempting to choose which offers to accept, and drivers won't learn the destination until the passenger is picked up.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Well that’s different from food delivery, where you as the driver see the offer in dollar amount, restaurant location, and estimated time of delivery. You see a $20 delivery but it’s estimated to take 1.5 hours? Just refuse it.

The system doesn’t punish you. You can refuse as many as you want and they just keep coming in.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Refusing pre-defined contracts doesn't make you a contractor. It makes you unemployed.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Contractors are unemployed by definition. Lots of contracts are tendered as-is and non-negotiable.