> Yes many full-time employees don't have that level of flexibility, but being a full-time employee does not de-facto prevent you from having that flexibility.

> Yes many full-time employees don't have that level of flexibility, but being a full-time employee does not de-facto prevent you from having that flexibility. They tie the two issues together in order to get their "contractors" on their side. They are actually tied on the other side, AFAIU. It's being an independent contractor that _requires_ having that flexibility. So if Uber/Lyft want to keep that arrangement, they have the obligation (and, symmetrically, the contractors have the right) to keep their hours flexible. If the drivers become employees, Uber/Lyft no longer have any obligation to maintain that flexibility.