The taxi industry takes its gloves off. Waterloo Region taxi drivers fired after working for Uber
News for Mr Mann:
1. You can't be an "independent" contractor and be bound to work for a single company.
2. Working for Uber, which isn't a taxi service, isn't a conflict of interest with working for a taxi company.
3. That the drivers were using their own cars rather than yours only serves to underscore 1. and 2. (If they'd been using your cars to provide Uber service then that would be a conflict and you would have a strong case.)
4. They're driving for Uber, not you. Their taxi license is irrelevant, as is your company's insurance coverage.
Quote:At least eight Waterloo Region taxi drivers have been fired after their employers learned they had been moonlighting for Uber, the CBC has learned.
The drivers worked as independent contractors for various cab companies in the region. All had agreed to work exclusively for those individual companies, says Brian Mann of the Waterloo Region Taxi Alliance.
"The drivers in question were using their personal cars to carry [Uber] passengers," said Mann. "And that's a direct conflict of interest."
"They are sponsored by each individual company to drive for that particular company, only. That is how they obtain their taxi licenses, and that is how the system is set up currently."
News for Mr Mann:
1. You can't be an "independent" contractor and be bound to work for a single company.
2. Working for Uber, which isn't a taxi service, isn't a conflict of interest with working for a taxi company.
3. That the drivers were using their own cars rather than yours only serves to underscore 1. and 2. (If they'd been using your cars to provide Uber service then that would be a conflict and you would have a strong case.)
4. They're driving for Uber, not you. Their taxi license is irrelevant, as is your company's insurance coverage.