Labor/Employment
May 15, 2019
Labor Board writes Uber drivers are contractors under federal law
Uber drivers are not employees under federal law, the National Labor Relations Board general counsel’s office wrote in an advice memo released Tuesday, joining the U.S. Department of Labor opposite California in a growing legal divide on classification.
Uber drivers are not employees under federal law, the National Labor Relations Board general counsel's office wrote in an advice memo released Tuesday, joining the U.S. Department of Labor opposite California in a growing legal divide on classification.
Jayme L. Sophir, who heads general counsel Richard F. Griffin Jr.'s advice department, wrote the memo, which is dated April 16. In it, she emphasized viewing the issue through the "pr...
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