{"id":2405,"date":"2021-08-06T06:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T04:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/06\/uber-drivers-in-sydneys-covid-hotspots-being-offered-jobs-that-breach-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T06:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T04:48:25","slug":"uber-drivers-in-sydneys-covid-hotspots-being-offered-jobs-that-breach-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/06\/uber-drivers-in-sydneys-covid-hotspots-being-offered-jobs-that-breach-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber drivers in Sydney\u2019s Covid hotspots being offered jobs that breach restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>App does not distinguish between trips inside and outside restricted areas, forcing drivers to either give up work or break rules <\/p>\n<p>Uber drivers who live in the most heavily locked-down areas of western and south-western Sydney are still being offered work outside of their local government areas, with drivers asking for more clarity from the app about what they can and can\u2019t do.<\/p>\n<p>Under the current Sydney lockdown restrictions, rideshare drivers are still allowed to work in certain conditions, such as driving essential workers to their workplaces. But a driver who lives in a locked-down LGA generally cannot leave their LGA to work.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/aug\/06\/uber-drivers-in-sydneys-covid-hotspots-being-offered-jobs-that-breach-restrictions\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/956d59d0101a722370eff8d82f82b6a776d5b31f\/0_35_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0adaaac0dadec034235fc13572d70323\" title=\"Uber drivers in Sydney\u2019s Covid hotspots being offered jobs that breach restrictions\" \/>App does not distinguish between trips inside and outside restricted areas, forcing drivers to either give up work or break rules<br \/>\nUber drivers who live in the most heavily locked-down areas of western and south-western Sydney are still being offered work outside of their local government areas, with drivers asking for more clarity from the app about what they can and can\u2019t do.<br \/>\nUnder the current Sydney lockdown restrictions, rideshare drivers are still allowed to work in certain conditions, such as driving essential workers to their workplaces. But a driver who lives in a locked-down LGA generally cannot leave their LGA to work. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>App does not distinguish between trips inside and outside restricted areas, forcing drivers to either give up work or break rules Uber drivers who live in the most heavily locked-down areas of western and south-western Sydney are still being offered work outside of their local government areas, with drivers asking for more clarity from the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/06\/uber-drivers-in-sydneys-covid-hotspots-being-offered-jobs-that-breach-restrictions\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uber drivers in Sydney\u2019s Covid hotspots being offered jobs that breach restrictions<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}