There is no legal obstacle to Uber/Lyft continuing to allow drivers all of the flexibility they currently allow, even if they have to treat them as employees. T

There is no legal obstacle to Uber/Lyft continuing to allow drivers all of the flexibility they currently allow, even if they have to treat them as employees. That can even be legally protected in an enforceable way by the employment contract if desired, as can any other current Uber/Lyft driver flexibility you're referencing. The only thing that is being lost here is the inability of Uber/Lyft to pay less than a minimum wage and otherwise deprive the drivers of the benefits that employees are entitled to. Anyway, it's not like Uber/Lyft were giving drivers the choice whether to be contractors or employees so that the drivers could pick the status they prefer - nor does the law ever truly allow that except when the genuine nature of the services relationship is adjusted based on the answer to legitimately conform to the desired status. They're forcing everyone to pick the status that's generally more expensive and precarious for the worker.