Uber Files Court Documents Alleging Drivers are Independent Contractors

Jul 9, 2015

This week Uber filed documents in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, in opposition to a class-action lawsuit. In the filing, Uber argues drivers should be labeled as independent contractors rather than employees. A copy of the filing is below.

Last June, the California Labor Commission ruled a specific Uber driver should be considered an employee and not an independent contractor. What happens next is up to the courts.

Click here to watch and discuss this issue on Meerkat. Click here to read Sara Buhr’s outstanding recent Tech Crunch article on this topic.

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