Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees
&gt; The criteria for self-employment include the possibility of building up one&#x27;s own clientele, the
freedom to set one&#x27;s own rates, and the freedom to set the terms and conditions for providing one&#x27;s
services.<p>Immediately I&#x27;d seem to agree with this statement. I think of typical self-employment businesses; hairdressers, freelance developers, etc and this seems to apply. You can set your own rate and your own terms, even if those may kill your chance at being competitive.<p>But if you think deeper into this, then this criteria isn&#x27;t always true.<p>Here&#x27;s a scenario: I publish an ad on a handyman site asking for a new shed built for £100. People can place their interest and their proposal. The price is fixed at £100, and I may set other terms and criteria. Nobody is going to argue that the builders are employees of the exchange site. Uber isn&#x27;t entirely different (it just simplifies the process). Its drivers are allowed to deny a ride, and can see the cost upfront.<p>Really the difference in these types of self-employment seems to be that the customer approached a set of potential suppliers, rather than vice versa, and the customer set the terms and the self-employed get to accept&#x2F;deny. In the typical scenario (hairdressers, etc) they set the terms to potential customers who get to accept&#x2F;deny.<p>I don&#x27;t agree or disagree with the classification of Uber drivers as employees, I just don&#x27;t agree with the criteria of the court in this case.