determination of employee or independent-contractor status

Earlier this week Uber appealed a California Labor Commissioner ruling against it holding that a driver was misclassified as an independent contractor.  In this video, I briefly discuss the ruling and the lesson it holds for employers.

Misclassification of employees as independent contractors can carry many damages and penalties.  For example, Sections 226.8 and

Uber and Lyft have been sued in separate class action lawsuits in California by drivers challenging

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the two companies’ classification of the drivers as independent contractors. The plaintiffs in the two cases argue that the drivers should be classified and paid as employees, which triggers many additional Labor Code provisions for the drivers than if