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Donisa’s claim argues that Bolt “highly controlled” its drivers. It knows where drivers are when they are logged on, decides what jobs to offer them...
It does help despatch operations to know where the drivers are etc
He complains about being hiked to jobs, yet seems to think Bolt is too controlling if it knows where its drivers are located
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Bolt operates a system that penalises drivers who accept less than 50% of the fares offered to them, with repeated infractions attracting longer bans which range from 24 hours to 10 years.
So drivers are allowed to knock back *half* of all jobs without penalty?
Again, doesn't seem to indicate much in the way of control. I mean, many traditional firms wouldn't allow any knock backs at all
Not that I'm unsympathetic to the arguments here and in other cases, but this seems to me to be the most fatal flaw to his case:
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He said he typically earned £160 a week from Bolt, topping up earnings of £580 from Uber.
If he only earns around 20% of his income from Bolt, it hardly seems compelling to argue that he's employed by them rather than an independent contractor