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Title: After Uber ruling, pressure mounts to reclassify contractors as employees Post by: HCK on July 07, 2015, 09:00:11 am After Uber ruling, pressure mounts to reclassify contractors as employees
<article> <section class="page"> <p>The pressure on app-based companies to reclassify their contractors as employees is picking up, with more of them getting sued this week.</p><p>The California Labor Commission ruled last month that a driver of Uber Technologies was an employee and not a contractor (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2937172/uber-driver-deemed-employee-by-california-labor-commission.html), when driving for the company, and was hence entitled to reimbursement on certain expenses. The ride-hailing company said it had appealed the decision.</p><p>Postmates, Shyp, and Washio were sued by workers this week, arguing that they should be classified as employees and not independent contractors, according to Shannon Liss-Riordan who is an attorney in these cases. The actions against Shyp and Postmates were filed as “class action arbitration” demands in arbitration courts.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2943792/after-uber-ruling-pressure-mounts-on-companies-to-reclassify-contractors.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: After Uber ruling, pressure mounts to reclassify contractors as employees (http://www.macworld.com/article/2943792/after-uber-ruling-pressure-mounts-on-companies-to-reclassify-contractors.html#tk.rss_all) |