I think the sticking point for Uber is > the person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business It’s hard to say that offer

I think the sticking point for Uber is > the person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business It’s hard to say that offering rides is not Uber’s core business. There might be an argument that Uber is just a matching service, but that’s an argument to make, not self-evident. This sort of stuff is happening a lot in construction and cleaning services as well. If you run a business, the people that do the core part of your business should be considered employees, or else all of labor law becomes pointless.