> Even if this does hurt Uber short-term, it sounds like the gig economy will be just fine, as long as companies change their behaviour with respect to the abov

> Even if this does hurt Uber short-term, it sounds like the gig economy will be just fine, as long as companies change their behaviour with respect to the above points. Uber isn't actually going to reclassify their drivers after this ruling because the case was about its policies as of 2016. For example, they have since removed the penalties for rejecting too many rides. Labor activists would have to go back to court for current drivers.