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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
I think the Uber technology focus would make it very difficult to impose wage-and-hour laws on them. There isn't really a difference between an Uber driver and me agreeing to give someone a ride if they pay me -- it's just that the Uber driver uses (and pays for) some technology as part of offering that service.
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What's are the key differences between doing it on the Uber platform or over a phone or radio through a dispatch system?
I see just one big one, and it doesn't help Uber: With the traditional cabbies, of course, you pay the cabbie, but with Uber, you pay Uber and Uber then pays the cabbie - doesn't that simple fact shift the legal analysis against Uber rather than the other way around? Why shouldn't Uber be focused on things like withholding taxes, hours (which they track) and all the other accouterments of employment?
