Uber Appeals Labor Commission's Ruling that Driver Is Employee

Depending on who’s talking, a ruling from the California Labor Commission that a driver for the ridesharing company Uber was misclassified as an independent contractor is either an isolated incident or the start of a national trend. Uber spokeswoman Kate Downen said the ruling has no far-reaching impacts. “The California Labor Commission’s ruling is nonbinding and applies to a single driver,” the spokesperson wrote in a statement Wednesday. “Indeed, it is contrary to a previous ruling by the same commission, which concluded in 2012 that the driver &lsqu...