What's the Impact of Rulings Classifying Uber Drivers as Employees?
By Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L. July 27, 2015
In Berwick v. Uber Technologies, the California Labor Commission issued a ruling June 3 classifying an Uber driver as an employee, not an independent contractor. Similarly, the Florida Department of Revenue recently ruled that Uber drivers are employees rather than independent contractors. In the Florida case, one …