Not that it wants to provide benefits itself, but Uber—known for classifying its drivers as independent contractors, thus ineligible for employee benefits—has come out in favor of the creation of a whole new “portable benefits” system. To be created by the state of Washington, that is. Not Uber.
Geek Wire reports that Uber’s new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, has coauthored an open letter with Seattle investor and workers’ rights advocate Nick Hanauer and David Rolf, president of the SEIU 775 labor union, that urges the state to put together a system for the non-employees of companies such as Uber that makes it possible for them to have a benefits package that would go with them as they move from job to job.
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