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My brother and I are both Uber drivers. and i am totaling fighting him at the dinner table cuz….

for me, being contractor brings me so much needed things likeflexible hours and able to get surge extra pay, and write off things, so just no other way.

But brother really wanted full time hours w/ health insurance and most importantly if injured or let go, he gets compensation and unemployment. TO EaCH his own!!!

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Maybe it's different where you are but I'm not aware of any restrictions on the flexibility of working hours or pay when you're classified as an employee.

The substantial difference is you'd accrue holiday pay pro-rata and be able to take statutory sick leave.

Employees in Europe have to have fixed amount of hours in predictable schedule. There's no way it could be the same. It definitely would outclass many workers who would like to earn side income.

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