What's beyond funny about the Uber case is that they brought it on themselves.
If they hadn't been so high on silicon valley bro-ness, and so ignorant of E&W Employment law, they'd have just chucked the drivers a few quid.
Instead they got themselves done by the duck test. 🦆
If they hadn't been so high on silicon valley bro-ness, and so ignorant of E&W Employment law, they'd have just chucked the drivers a few quid.
Instead they got themselves done by the duck test. 🦆
What's DOUBLY funny is not that Uber then accidentally set themselves up for the easiest tap in HMRC ever scored, but they lit a beacon to the rest of Europe on how to legislate for bad-faith disruptors.
Which is why the European Commission is wiring the duck test in there, too.
Which is why the European Commission is wiring the duck test in there, too.
So Uber fucked their London ops. Opened themselves up to a massive RETROACTIVE and future VAT bill AND have probably screwed themselves in a bunch of other markets too.
All for the sake of lowballing a few drivers so their investee deck looked better.
Quack quack quack.
All for the sake of lowballing a few drivers so their investee deck looked better.
Quack quack quack.
Reminder: I wrote about how this whole Uber situation was going to go down THREE YEARS AGO.
The moment they were stupid enough to end up in an employment law case (where the duck test applies in English law) their model was toast.
londonreconnections.com/2019/schroding…
The moment they were stupid enough to end up in an employment law case (where the duck test applies in English law) their model was toast.
londonreconnections.com/2019/schroding…
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