The fundament behind &quot;at will employment&quot; is that people decide to work for their employers voluntarily. That doesn&#x27;t mean they forfeit the protections afforded by law to workers. The point of this case is that Uber controlled their workers to the point where their relationship with the company should be considered an employer &#x2F; employee relationship, and thus the workers are entitled to benefits they did not receive. Your comparison to taxi companies is not relevant, especially since Uber swears they&#x27;re not a taxi service.