There are rules about what makes a worker an employee vs a contractor, and they mostly center around control - if the company controls <i>how</i> the work is done, you are an employee. In Uber&#x27;s case, while there are a lot of things that point to the worker being a contractor (Uber has no control over their hours, workers provide their own equipment, workers can work for competing companies), some things look more like an employee relationship (Uber sets prices being a big one). See <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;uber-and-lyft-employee-lawsuits-could-change-business-models-2015-6" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;uber-and-lyft-employee-lawsui...</a>