I'm not a fan of all these moves to treat drivers as employees for one simple reason: you can drive for more than one company at the same time.
Here's what I don't want:
- I don't want quotas as NYC is doing. This is just recreating the taxi medallion system.
- I don't want each company to be forced to pay a minimum wage per hour that then means a driver loses the flexibility to drive for multiple companies at once.
- I don't want regulations to keep smaller competitors out of the market. There's a real risk of this.
- I don't want drivers to lose the flexibility to do this on a casual or flexible basis. Quotas and the like will mean the only option is to drive full-time. I'm all for people being able to supplement income. I feel like this is useful to a lot of people.
Note: I do want drivers to earn a sufficient income from this. It's just that quotas and company minimum wages aren't the way to do this.
Here's what I don't want:
- I don't want quotas as NYC is doing. This is just recreating the taxi medallion system.
- I don't want each company to be forced to pay a minimum wage per hour that then means a driver loses the flexibility to drive for multiple companies at once.
- I don't want regulations to keep smaller competitors out of the market. There's a real risk of this.
- I don't want drivers to lose the flexibility to do this on a casual or flexible basis. Quotas and the like will mean the only option is to drive full-time. I'm all for people being able to supplement income. I feel like this is useful to a lot of people.
Note: I do want drivers to earn a sufficient income from this. It's just that quotas and company minimum wages aren't the way to do this.