Labor/Employment
Jun. 23, 2015
Uber fallout may have several shapes and sizes
If a ruling last week finding an Uber driver to be an employee rather than an independent contractor is a sign of things to come, Uber may find itself exposed to a variety of new taxes and liabilities.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
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San Francisco , California 94111-3601
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Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
Last week, I wrote about FedEx and its $228 million settlement of a worker status
dispute involving "independent contractor" package delivery drivers ruled to actually
be employees. Now, it's Uber, but at this stage, the company's worker status problems
are in their infancy. Still, it is no small matter, especially now that California's
Labor Commission has ruled o...
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