Uber Proposes Industry-wide Gig Worker Benefits Model In Canada

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Avtorica Tina Bellon

(Reuters) -Uber Technologies Inc on Monday proposed a plan for a flexible benefits fund for app-based ride-hail and food delivery drivers in Canada under which all gig industry players would share data on workers’ hours and earnings.

V skladu s predhodnim predlogom, opisanim v objavi podjetja na spletnem dnevniku https://ubr.to/3t196jm, bi sklad zaposlenim na koncertih zagotovil denarne ugodnosti, ki bi jih porabili za upokojitev ali življenje zavarovanje plan, or to pay for educational or dental and health benefits not covered by Canada’s universal zdravstveno varstvo sistem.

The benefits fund would be enabled by Canada’s provincial governments, Uber said in the blog post without providing further details, but managed by ride-hail and delivery companies.

The companies would share data on drivers’ hours and earnings and pay into the fund proportionally. Workers would qualify for fund benefits if they meet a threshold, which Uber’s Monday proposal did not disclose.

Uber je v izjavi dejal, da pozdravlja razprave z drugimi akterji v industriji in dodal, da je sklad za ugodnosti del nedavne predložitve vlade Ontaria.

DoorDash Inc in a statement said it welcomed other stakeholders who wanted to provide workers with benefits while maintaining their flexibility, but did not directly comment on Uber’s plan.

Lyft Inc and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s Grubhub did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Uber said it advocates for benefits funds everywhere, but added that labor laws, social safety nets and different cultures meant it would pursue a different approach in every country, with Monday’s proposal tailored to Canada.

Koncertna podjetja so že dolgo kritizirana zaradi pomanjkanja ugodnosti in zaščite, ki jih ponujajo svojim neodvisnim pogodbenim delavcem. Številni delavski sindikati, nekateri zakonodajalci in Bidnova administracija so rekli, da bi bilo treba delavce na koncertih prerazvrstiti med zaposlene.

Podjetji sta se soočili tudi z več tožbami v Kanadi in Združenih državah zaradi domnevne napačne razvrstitve delavcev.

Podjetja so zavrnila pozive k prerazvrstitvi, češ da so raziskave pokazale, da večina njihovih delavcev ne želi biti zaposlenih.

In recent years, the companies have suggested limited benefit models while maintaining workers’ contractor status, including in California where voters approved such a proposal last year.

Podjetja so včasih trdila, da je porazdelitev koristi zapletena zaradi dejstva, da veliko voznikov dela za več platform hkrati.

V marčevski objavi na spletnem dnevniku https://ubr.to/3gLQSgG, v kateri je predstavil svoj začetni kanadski predlog, se je Uber zavzel za reforme v celotni panogi, ki bodo vsa podjetja zahtevala enake standarde.

(Poročanje Tine Bellon iz Austina v Teksasu; urednik Jonathan Oatis)