Uber Has Lost

[DoctorStrangelove]

But how often does one have a watch delivered? When I bought an Apple Watch, I just collected it from their shop

Fanboi.

What is this "shop" of which you speak?

[AtW]

But it is just an app!

[AtW]

So is it the end of Amazon Prime as we know it?

No, but free delivery might become 20-30% more expensive

HTH

[vetran]

I actually don't think they are. Amazon pay more than enough per a shift to meet minimum wage. The issue the poorer drivers seem to have is that they don't get enough shifts to pay for the van they hire on a weekly basis.

5 shifts a week and there isn't a problem. 2 shifts a week and the rent on the van that they need to pay destroys their income.

And that's the same the world over (America, India, UK and all across Europe).

What we may see is Amazon sorting out the vans themselves and dropping rates slightly to cover that cost. Either way it's not going to impact amazon that much.

That would be preferable that Amazon & similar not load their "employees" with costs.

[AtW]

“A key point in the Supreme Court's ruling is that Uber has to consider its drivers "workers" from the time they log on to the app, until they log off.”

Uber drivers are workers not self employed, Supreme Court rules - BBC News

Fair play - making one available for service should get the clock started, that will be a killer to “gigs” like Deliveroo

[Lockhouse]

When I use Deliveroo I always add a generous tip for the delivery person. It's a small gesture but I like to think it helps a little.

Me too.

[ShandyDrinker]

“A key point in the Supreme Court's ruling is that Uber has to consider its drivers "workers" from the time they log on to the app, until they log off.”

Uber drivers are workers not self employed, Supreme Court rules - BBC News

Fair play - making one available for service should get the clock started, that will be a killer to “gigs” like Deliveroo

Yeah, but what you'll then get is the likes of Uber and Deliveroo playing silly buggers as happened to my eldest when he worked for Deliveroo for a while. What would happen is that he'd magically be logged out of the app for periods when it was slow and on say an 8 hour shift, eventually find out when he was paid that they only paid for 4 hours, for example. It was a giant con.

[vetran]

Yeah, but what you'll then get is the likes of Uber and Deliveroo playing silly buggers as happened to my eldest when he worked for Deliveroo for a while. What would happen is that he'd magically be logged out of the app for periods when it was slow and on say an 8 hour shift, eventually find out when he was paid that they only paid for 4 hours, for example. It was a giant con.

That is the sort of thing the law needs to adapt to.

[Paddy]

When I use Deliveroo I always add a generous tip for the delivery person. It's a small gesture but I like to think it helps a little.

Since lockdown, the rabbi has to do home visits. He always receives a tip when he performs circumcisions.

[AtW]

What would happen is that he'd magically be logged out of the app for periods when it was slow and on say an 8 hour shift, eventually find out when he was paid that they only paid for 4 hours, for example. It was a giant con.

Will only take 5-6 years to get another Supreme Court ruling on that