I have not one ounce of sympathy for Uber and Lift.
They really snuck into the taxi industry through lies and deception. Does anybody remember when they claimed that they weren’t a taxi service but a “rideshare service”? My arse! The driver was NOT going to the location anyway, so there was no “rideshare” to it!
Taxis have to be registered in many locations, but Uber and Lyft skirted that also. To me, the situation was very unfair to taxis – not that I’m a big taxi fan.
So I turn a deaf ear to them.
I have also watched with some concern as a large number of jobs have turned to temp or contract work. Many places that employ professionals now do it through contracts, avoiding the need to pay benefits. I guess I’m OK with that for high paying jobs, say north of $100K a year, but with low paying jobs that are directly related to a business’s core product, I’m not OK with that. I am a little worried about the folks that just want to work part time…this will make businesses more likely to want full time employees only.
Does this law overreach? It appears to, though I haven’t read it word for word. Did something need to be done? I believe so.
Maybe adjustments will come to make it less draconian and more where I’d like.
