>Uber doesn't do any of the leasing itself, instead sending drivers to 3rd party leasing companies
https://get.uber.com/cl/xchange/ or just Google it, Uber certainly did begin leasing cars. The lease payments go directly to Uber's subsidiary.
>Uber gets either zero or very little kickbacks since Uber's primary motivation is getting drivers in nice cars on the road.
These drivers, as independent contractors, are supposed to provide their own tools/materials to perform, not finance/lease/rent the tools from the company to perform.
>The California decision was by some employment office with no real authority on the case of a single driver and so pretty much irrelevant.
No real authority? I'm assuming you have never run your own company and had a former employee with a complaint with "some employment office".
They found the Uber driver improperly classified as an independent contractor, as a result Uber was ordered to pay the employee's driving expenses of $1,000's. If Uber loses its appeal in court all the sudden that single case becomes precedent for all California Uber drivers.
>https://get.uber.com/cl/xchange/ or just Google it, Uber certainly did begin leasing cars. The lease payments go directly to Uber's subsidiary.
Seems like this discusses "XCHANGE LEASING, LLC", not "Uber Technologies, Inc" or "Uber USA, LLC". I fail to see the relevance.
>These drivers, as independent contractors, are supposed to provide their own tools/materials to perform, not finance/lease/rent the tools from the company to perform.
https://get.uber.com/cl/xchange/ or just Google it, Uber certainly did begin leasing cars. The lease payments go directly to Uber's subsidiary.
>Uber gets either zero or very little kickbacks since Uber's primary motivation is getting drivers in nice cars on the road.
These drivers, as independent contractors, are supposed to provide their own tools/materials to perform, not finance/lease/rent the tools from the company to perform.
>The California decision was by some employment office with no real authority on the case of a single driver and so pretty much irrelevant.
No real authority? I'm assuming you have never run your own company and had a former employee with a complaint with "some employment office".
They found the Uber driver improperly classified as an independent contractor, as a result Uber was ordered to pay the employee's driving expenses of $1,000's. If Uber loses its appeal in court all the sudden that single case becomes precedent for all California Uber drivers.