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You can also use the Lyft fare estimate tool and the Uber price estimate tool to get an idea of which service would be cheaper. ... Uber drivers make $19 an hour on average. The pay tops out at ...
Uber said that 90% of their 1.2 million drivers nationwide work less than 40 hours per week, with 80% working less than 20 hours per week, and that if they were required to classify drivers as employees, they would terminate 80% of their drivers because their nationwide business can only support 250,000 full-time jobs.
The weekly driving time may not exceed 56 hours. In addition to this, a driver cannot exceed 90 hours driving in a fortnight. Daily rest. Within each period of 24 hours after the end of the previous daily/weekly rest period a driver must take a new daily rest period. An 11-hour (or more) daily rest is called a regular daily rest period.
In July 2016, six Uber drivers were convicted for offering taxi services without license. Police also charged more than 48 Uber drivers for unlicensed taxi driving. [84] On November 18, 2016, the Østre Landsret ruled that Uber is an illegal taxi service. [85] Uber shut operations in Denmark in April 2017. [86]
Uber does provide detailed tax information to drivers, but the company does not give tax advice. They recommend that drivers use reputable tax preparation services like TurboTax for tax help.
Ultimately, the bill came out to be $294.09 -- pretty cheap compared to the $1,182 that a New York City yellow cab would have charged, but a huge departure from the average 5.4 mile Uber ride.
After accumulating, for example, 70 hours of driving and on-duty time within a period of 8 days, a driver's daily driving limit may be reduced (70 / 8 = 8.75 driving hours per day). A driver may be allowed (but not required) to take 34 hours off-duty to reset the weekly total back to zero (also known as a "34-hour restart"). [16]
An Uber customer found a lengthy list of passenger rules in the backseat during a recent ride — and it has people divided.. The rider shared a photo of the rules on Reddit on Jan. 9 and titled ...