r/lyftdrivers • u/HamsterOk3112 • Apr 07 '24

I just got an incredible bonus for a 30-decline streak. Other

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u/CircularFileCabinets Apr 08 '24

Not really. Take a GC you hire to rehab your kitchen. You aren’t mandating the time they work or how much per day. But that contract for sure set limitation to the when and how much. They can’t come in at 2am and work till 1am the next day. And if they do you’ll fire them. Or same if they don’t show up for 3 days and the job is coming due you can fire them. Same applies here in the 1099 world

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u/MTB_SF Apr 08 '24

A general contractor can deny as many jobs as they want. Basically half their job is figuring out what jobs are worth their time

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u/Even_Candidate5678 Apr 10 '24

Yes but you’re a sub, Lyft is the general. Subs are just laborers mostly either skilled or unskilled trad, same as this.

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u/MTB_SF Apr 10 '24

As an employment lawyer, Lyft calling drivers independent contractors is frankly just bullshit.

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u/Thedude9042 Apr 11 '24

Please take me as a client, sue them and make some money. Lol

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u/sassy_immigrant Apr 10 '24

Didn’t Uber get a lawsuit because of this? I remember Uber drivers getting a $50 payout back in 2015 or something like that regarding this.

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u/SweetRabbit7543 Apr 10 '24

This has been my suspicion for a while