Taxi Driver Was Agent, Not Independent Contractor, Appellate Court Decides

A California appeals court decided Thursday that a Los Angeles-area taxi driver was an agent, not an independent contractor, in part because the company required workers to adhere to a detailed code of conduct.  The Second Appellate District, Division Five of the Court of Appeal of the State of California, found that United Independent Taxi Drivers "controlled significant aspects of its drivers' work."  Among those aspects: United could discipline, fine or "terminate its relationship with" workers who did not adhere to its rules and regulations. It requi...