California Says Uber Driver is an Employee
It was only a week ago that I saw a request for information on how Uber drivers were defined. This appears in today's New York Times: TECHNOLOGY California Says Uber Driver Is Employee, Not a Contractor By MIKE ISAAC and NATASHA SINGER JUNE 17, 2015 ... ... The classification of freelancers is in dispute across a number of industries, including at other transportation companies. And the debate is set to escalate as the number of online companies and apps like Uber and others rises. Venture capitalists have poured more than $9.4 billion into such start-ups — known as on-demand companies — since 2010, according to data from CB Insights, a venture capital analysis firm, spawning things like on-demand laundry services and hair stylists... ... “Today’s ruling from the California labor regulators demonstrates why federal policy makers need to re-examine the 20th-century definitions and employment classification we’re attempting to apply to a 2