• NutWrench@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    If you have a job providing transportation, then you are on-call, whether you’re transporting customers or not. And you should be paid for BEING on-call. This is a standard practice in several industries.

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      4 months ago

      Eh, it’s not quite the same as other professions. If a sysadmin gets an after hours call, they must work it. If a ride share person is offered a fare, they can accept it or turn it down.

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        4 months ago

        I think this will reflect badly on ubers driver performance score if you turn down to many short or inconvenient trips…

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            4 months ago

            Well now they can stop pretending they’re not employees and actually treat them like employees.