I don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s true. All it would mean is that Uber would lower cash payout rates and provide some employee benefits, in effect forcing drivers to take some of their complemsation as employee benefits.<p>(The bit about &quot;not having to pay employer tax share for contractors&quot; is a red herring; the sum of the employee and employer tax shares is the same, and economic incidence is -- per a well known result -- unaffected by who the tax authority assesses the taxes on.)<p>It would be a little less profitable (because of the parties&#x27; supply&#x2F;demand curves, and hence why they oppose it) but it doesn&#x27;t break the core business model.