&gt;Uber and Lyft would need to pay hourly wages, along with all of the associated taxes due.<p>Not true.  You can be an employee with a non-hourly pay structure.  Just one of many misconceptions batted around about the implications of driver reclassification, along with (these aren&#x27;t all false per se, just not-necessarily-true):<p>- Drivers would have to get the Uber-paid lavish health care plan that developers there get.<p>- Driver cash payments would remain the same and not be reduced.<p>- Drivers would get fixed work schedules.<p>- Drivers would value the compensation package that includes employee benefits but has lower cash pay, over the compensation they get now.<p>- Uber would have to provide the vehicles.<p>- The economic incidence of FICA taxes would shift to Uber (not how economic incidence works[1]).<p>Again, the employee&#x2F;contractor distinction depends on a number of factors; you can be classified as an employee without meeting all of criteria.<p>[1] Good explanation: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;badeconomics&#x2F;comments&#x2F;422av5&#x2F;some_good_old_fashioned_101level_errors_on&#x2F;cz73e8g" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;badeconomics&#x2F;comments&#x2F;422av5&#x2F;some_g...</a>