In a 'first of its kind' ruling, ride share platforms including Uber have signed an agreement to establish minimum income per ride for drivers. Ride-share platforms (Voiture de Transport avec Chauffeur or VTCs in French) signed an agreement establishing a minimum income per ride. Unions and ride-share workers (such as Uber drivers) have been seeking to strengthen protections in the sector for several years, which led to the decision on January 18th to institute a minimum income per trip of € 7.65, “regardless of the application being used.”Ride share organisations also agreed to institute a minimum price for rides of € 10.20 for the cheapest ride, which represents a rise of about 27% from previous minimum fares. The new minimum ride fares will go into effect on February 1.
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