Sentence examples for contractor drivers from inspiring English sources

"The federal court's decision reinforces the importance of parliament moving quickly to pass foreshadowed legislation preventing orders setting remuneration rates for contractor drivers commencing before 1 January 2017".

The order also threatens jobs and work for contractor drivers, and harm to regional and rural areas which are heavily reliant on road transport," he said.

Uber also needs to create a corporate culture to bind together or at least relate to its disconnected, far-flung network of contractor drivers.

For example, Seattle is considering legislation that would allow Uber and other independent contractor drivers to unionize.

Yesterday, however, Uber promised that it would be using more advanced technology and stringent processes to evaluate and hire their contractor drivers.

But according to Uber, these demands are impractical for a type of service such as theirs, which doesn't control the cars of their private contractor drivers.

Example: Suppose your "independent contractor" driver was in an accident and a lawsuit is brewing.

As contractors, drivers lost basic labor protections, like health insurance and paid vacations.

As independent contractors, drivers do not get health care or other benefits from Uber, which saves the company money.

It is led by an Uber passenger claiming that Uber's CEO, Travis Kalanick, conspires with drivers to engage in price-fixing (such as surge pricing), when, because they are independent contractors, drivers should be competing to set their own prices.

The class isn't mandatory, Uber stressed -- an important point for Uber to make, since requiring independent-contractor drivers to take classes might be tiptoeing into employee territory.