It's not necessarily obvious, but the legal definition of an employee in CA has little to do with whether or not you pick your hours. According to dynamax, an i

It's not necessarily obvious, but the legal definition of an employee in CA has little to do with whether or not you pick your hours. According to dynamax, an independent contractor must: - be free from the control of the employer AND - be performing work that is unrelated to the company's core business AND - have an independent career in the field of the work they perform https://www.labor.ca.gov/employmentstatus/abctest/ https://www.labor.ca.gov/employmentstatus/abctest/ Uber drivers generally meet none of these three requirements