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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 (www.cityam.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you can't pay your workers ethically then your business doesn't deserve to exist. Simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Yes. These people are not entitled to be business owners. If they can't hack it, then get out of the way for the people that can. But don't worry, business owners - I'm sure you'd be perfectly happy being a gig worker for another company instead, right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Tell that to the shareholders