For profit entities will never stop trying to skirt regulation. It's one way to get ahead of your competition. We just need to make sure that there is adequate

For profit entities will never stop trying to skirt regulation. It's one way to get ahead of your competition. We just need to make sure that there is adequate disincentive to do it. Uber is trying to do an end-run around employee laws, and it should be cautioned that this is not acceptable behaviour. Labor laws in the US are already some of the weakest in the world. The US is the only developed country with employment-at-will, All other developed countries use a just-cause model. Due to at-will employment, you can be fired for wearing the wrong shirt to work in the US. Uber wants to jettison even these weak protections and go totally unregulated. This would be fine if the other party was in an equal position of strength (i.e. another business). Employers always have the upper hand, and therefore must be subject to regulation to level the playing field.