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Uber is saying the cost will go up by 85%...
They're probably full of shit - but I'd expect it to be more than 10%... Labor isn't raising the cost of labour, they are improving worker rights. For example ordinary casual workers often have a minimum pay of 4 hours work.
You can give someone a 20 minute shift if you want, but you better pay them 4 hours for that day... otherwise the manager could spend the next five years in jail for wage theft.
I have't read through the proposed changes, but if they bring that to the gig economy... it won't be possible to pay a worker $6 to deliver a burger. You'll likely have to pay the worker at least a hundred bucks or so, and it's up to the business to figure out how to give the worker at least half a day of jobs back to back.
nah it can easily be done. the question is how much of a hit does the backend need to cop. when a delivery charge is $10 for example and the driver gets $4 of that, something is wrong.
If they claim that increasing Gig economy wages to minimum wage increases costs by 85%, they have just admitted that their business model is seriously flawed.
Anyone who has money invested in these corporate leeches needs to cut their losses and cash out ASAP.