Rulings from two California federal judges last week involving innovative ride-sharing competitors Uber and Lyft ... an individual is an employee or an independent contractor.

Second, public policy needs to be neutral with respect to the choice of being an employee or an independent contractor. Right now, the typical Uber driver gets five times more tax subsidy by ...

Lawmakers give the first round of approval to a bill that classifies rideshare drivers as independent contractors. While it advances with a 33-12 vote, some worry it would take away workers' rights.

Bob Hallstrom of Syracuse, the bill would make clear that drivers for platforms such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash ... that anyone so situated is an independent contractor or not.

"Although classified as independent ... O'Connor vs. Uber Technologies and Cotter vs. Lyft, offer a glimpse at the broader issues of what may or may not constitute an employee in the new sharing ...

But James Jordan is an Uber driver. That means he's a contractor, not an employee, for the multibillion ... exchange for legally classifying them as independent contractors. The ballot initiative ...