Sharing Economy, Ride Share Meet Transportation Policy

Republicans and Democrats joining forces raising questions over whether in the sharing economy that ride share calls home, are drivers indpendent contracts or are they employees who aren’t receiving the benefit of employment?

Liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to a Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board are leaning toward the latter- that the drivers are employees and that companies are avoiding paying benefits.  

Rest assured, Liberals and Republicans rational is rooted in different places. The liberals are primarily concerned about the worker and the republicans are concerned about how the economy adapts. 

It’s an issue being litigated in court, but some think the NLRB may act first. The FTC is hosting a sharing economy symposium in July. The Hill