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Labor/Employment

Jun. 19, 2015

Labor officer’s Uber ruling not precedential

The order that Uber mislabels its drivers independent contractor is wiped clean upon appeal, but it is another decision that calls into question company's business model.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state Labor Commission hearing officer's ruling that Uber Technologies Inc. misclassified
a former driver as an independent contractor creates no legal precedent, will be effectively
wiped clean by Uber's appealing the order, and goes against a Labor Commission ruling
from 2012.


Nonetheless, employment lawye...

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