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The Employment Court is supposed to decide if an Uber driver is an employee under New Zealand law.
Uber told the Employment Court that a lawyer representing two unions representing men, who strictly and mercilessly control drivers carrying passengers and delivering food.
A group of Uber and Uber Eats drivers have requested the Employment Court to declare that they are employees through the union ETū and First Union.
This means that they have the same rights as other employees, such as bereavement and vacation leave, and pay equal pay for equal work.
Attorney Peter Crannie said drivers are inherently unequal and therefore vulnerable.
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He said they couldn’t negotiate different terms and had to agree to use the app.
Crannie said the terms of the agreement they signed were difficult, even for lawyers to understand.
“You can put Albert Einstein in the car. After he signs the contract, he will be vulnerable as well.”
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He said Uber controls the information that drivers get.
I was obliged to do some work, and if they didn’t, they were cut off.
Cranney said the rating system is an important tool and Uber monitors ratings.
He said the relationship was one of employment and the contract was an employment contract.
A lawyer at a company that makes up Uber at Gillian Service in New Zealand told the judge that the drivers are working for them and the company is an intermediary.
The companies are Raiser Operations BV, Uber Portier BV, Uber BV, Portier New Zealand Ltd, and Rasier New Zealand Ltd.
Supreme Employment Court Judge Christina Inglis withheld her decision.