Ride Share. Sharing Economy. Regulatory trend: Employees or Independent Contractors

A California regulator ruled certain ride share drivers to be employees for wage claim purposes and it has regulators, policy makers, attorneys and investors in overdrive.

Investors keep investing in the companies. The Recorder    Bloomberg

Regulators & policymakers go both ways.   Hillary Clinton is said to be using the independent contractor stance as a campaign issue. TechCrunch  Jeb Bush is hailing a ride share vehicle to arrive at a speaking engagement with tech cred. SF Weekly Politico

Lawyers. Conservative lawyers lean toward employees to avoid the hefty sanctions. Aggressive Lawyers will say, let’s stick with Independent Contractors until we’re told otherwise, but note hefty sanctions are possible.  The Recorder