Comment on Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from sudden 'deactivation'

• treefrog@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Okay.

  My point was contractors cannot be fired at will, even in right to work states where regular employees can be.

  So, deactivating gig workers without cause is a breach of contract. Which you can easily sue for. And these assholes know they’re wrong, so they will want to settle out of court. You don’t even need a lawyer.

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  • Hildegarde@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Any competent contractor will include a termination clause in their contract. I have signed many contracts, and every single one had language to terminate the contract under some specific circumstances.

    Especially with a big company like uber they can bury a favorable termination clause somewhere in the contract, and you can’t exactly negotiate with an app if the terms aren’t to your liking.

    Companies have lawyers who get paid handsomely to write language to let them get away with things. There’s no way they would be deactivating contractors if it was opening them up to significant liabilities.

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