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An Uber boss has issued a stark warning that Brussels' proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc.

Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc::An Uber boss has issued a stark warning that Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc.

  • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
    81·
    1 year ago

    If your business model requires the economic exploitation of your workers, your company possesses no legitimate reason to exist.

    • TheGreenGolem@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Similar to what I always say: if your company’s survival relies on tax evasion, you shouldn’t have a company.

    • LordPassionFruit@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      This might not be universal, but here it doesn’t even require it.

      Back in 2017, Uber tried to expand to my home province and tried to get us to change our local regulations regarding rideshare (it boiled down to Uber being required to call its drivers employees and to function like the pre-existing taxi services).

      Local government doesn’t budge, so Uber decides that it doesn’t want to come anymore. Within the year, a local alternative pops up that complies with the regulations Uber tried to fight, and they’re still profitable 6 years later.

      It’s not that Uber isn’t capable of paying their employees living wages, it’s that they can earn more money if they don’t.