If drivers can decide how long they are willing to work, even if there aren't many/any passengers around, then Uber has no way to control costs.
Unless they already have something in place to manage how many drivers are on the road in an area at any time? I thought that was just controlled by supply/demand, but that gets skewed by Uber needing to still pay minimum page when there is an over-supply.
And food producers are skewered by having to meet safety requirements when they could save money by ignoring them. Sucks for Uber that their business model doesn't win 100% of the time, but you don't allow individual entities to just ignore laws that set minimums whenever it's not the best for them.
Yeah then it's up to Uber to build that in if it's a problem. That when demand is low it tells them there isn't enough demand currently and they won't get paid. The problem there is if it happens often it's going to take Drivers away from the platform.
How does this work for commission based jobs? Or project jobs? Let's say I get £500 for translating something. No hours involved. Or if you get paid to wear a t-shirt with a company's logo for 2 weeks.
As far as I know the commission divided by hours worked on the translation must be over 7.50. So if it takes you 100 hours for the translation you would be under minimum wage and entitled to £750.
However as an employee commission based jobs are not really the norm. You usually get paid by the hour or a salary as an employee. Contractors / outside companies get paid a flat fee.
A sales representative might get paid in commission but then it would also be based on hours worked and if it comes under the minimum wage you need to be bumped up to at least that amount.
Not sure what your confusion is. Their gross-income divided by hours worked (doing a job or waiting for a job)? I guess they would become zero-hour contract employees, and so have the same statutory protections and benefits as perm employees except with no guaranteed hours? They would be entitled paid holidays for example, and would have a floor on their income proportionate to their hours worked.
The drivers will still be able to set their own hours, just they should be getting a minimum of £7.50 an hour for those they work.