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The Future of Work Needs To Be About People
Really About People
I believe in the newly emerging Future of Work - but I believe it should be right for the people. Uber - and others - seem to be manipulating loopholes and law to suit their purposes. They fit into the category of Jeremy Heiman’s New Power Model - with Old Power Values.
The California Labor Commission ruled against Uber based on a decision from 1991, when taxi drivers had sued to be considered employees of a taxi company. Back then, the Commission ruled that the drivers were definitely employees, because “their work is the basis for [the cab company’s] business.” The same is true of Uber drivers today, the Commission said, so the driver who sued is indeed an employee.
Uber Decision Underlines Tough Questions Coming on Corporate Culture.
Source : Compliance Week (https://www.complianceweek.com/blogs/the-big-picture/uber-decision-underlines-tough-questions-coming-on-corporate-culture)