Uber's vice-president and global head of public policy wants Ontario to speed up its efforts to deliver gig economy legislation and act on its pitch to boost gig worker benefits.
"We would like to go further and faster and more quickly than perhaps the government is ready to do," said Andrew Byrne in an interview with The Canadian Press during a visit to Toronto this week.
Uber drivers and couriers are considered to be independent contractors because they can choose when, where and how often they work, but in exchange, they have no job security, vacation pay or other benefits. "Nothing is preventing large corporations from providing their workers with higher pay, vacation time, or other protections tomorrow if they chose to do it."
"They could be working part-time for someone else in the gig economy. They could also have a full-time job, but we don't necessarily know that and so that's why we feel so strongly that we need to build on the Ontario government's reform proposals and build in a portable benefits system," Byrne said.
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