Uber CEO requires ‘advantages funds’ for gig employees

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Monday stated its motorists must get the “best of both worlds” — advantages and work versatility. In an op-ed released in The New York Times, Khosrowshahi proposed that legislators need gig economy business to develop “benefits funds” that would “give workers cash that they can use for the benefits they want, like health insurance or paid time off.” 

“Our current employment system is outdated and unfair. It forces every worker to choose between being an employee with more benefits but less flexibility, or an independent contractor with more flexibility but almost no safety net,” composed Khosrowshahi. “It’s time to move beyond this false choice.” 

The op-ed comes as Uber and competing ride-hailing business Lyft deal with a possible injunction in California that would require them to reclassify their motorists as staff members. Currently, motorists are categorized as independent specialists, which indicates they spend for their own expenditures, such as gas, automobile upkeep and insurance coverage. Drivers likewise do not have advantages like medical insurance and authorized leave. 

In a suit brought versus the business in May, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra declared that Uber and Lyft have “exploited hundreds of thousands of California workers” by categorizing their motorists as independent specialists instead of staff members — therefore breaching California law AB 5.  

Uber likewise set out its proposition in a article and file targeted at policy makers and other gig economy business. In addition to developing advantages funds, Khosrowshahi stated legislators must need gig business to supply medical protection for injuries that occur on the task. The Uber CEO stated the business will likewise take some actions on its own, consisting of being more transparent about the cash that motorists can make and surveying all its motorists about “what’s working and what’s not.”