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COLOMBIA and rental drivers accepting jobs Effectively it is re-categorising
directly in the app without the jobs workers as employees rather than
Now over to Colombia. December being previously received by their contractors.
2019 saw the Colombian court rule company.
that Uber had violated competition This forces companies like Uber,
law. In February 2020 Uber pulled Lyft, Doordash or other contractor-
out of Colombia as it was unable to CALIFORNIA AB5 reliant businesses that operate
agree with the authorities on how it in California, to change their
should be regulated. On January 1, 2020 California employment systems.
Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) came into
affect. AB5 requires workers to be Uber is trying to get around the
FRANKFURT considered as employees. AB5 and one change it has made
is that all jobs in California now
In Frankfurt, Germany, a regional The bill minimises the amount show the destinations, so the driver
court has banned Uber as of work which can be conducted has the ability to refuse jobs if the
of December 2019 because by freelancers and contractors destination is not suitable.
of a challenge by a German without being considered full-
taxi association, over Uber's timers. Sounds like what currently
dispatching processes via its app to happens with some taxi
hire vehicle companies. The intention is to prevent companies! But Uber is not a taxi
employers from taking tax company, so they tell us.
Among the issues identified by the shortcuts and to provide workers
court as violations of German law who should be classified as A similar battle will soon be
are Uber’s lack of a rental licence; employees with healthcare, underway in New York, where
rental drivers it uses to supply the workers' compensation, holiday lawmakers are planning to take up
driving service accepting jobs via pay, sick pay, annual leave, and gig worker legislation in the very
the Uber app without first returning other rights. near future.
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