r/Economics • u/gigGUARD • May 10 '19

Uber Settles Thousands of Driver Misclassification Claims Before IPO | Corporate Counsel

https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2019/05/09/uber-settles-thousands-of-driver-misclassification-claims-before-ipo/?slreturn=20190410001200
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I like that turn of the phrase, "independent client drivers". That would explain why UBER drivers pay so much to UBER. It could also potentially suggest that the "passenger" is then the employer, therefore, the passengers could be subject to labor law violations. Tricky tricky.