Except California has previously ruled those people are employees too. http://www.edd.ca.gov/pdf_pub_ctr/de231tc.pdf http://www.edd.ca.gov/pdf_pub_ctr/de231tc.

Except California has previously ruled those people are employees too. http://www.edd.ca.gov/pdf_pub_ctr/de231tc.pdf http://www.edd.ca.gov/pdf_pub_ctr/de231tc.pdf In Santa Cruz Transportation, Inc. v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (1991) 235 CA 3d 1363; 1 Cal Rptr 2d 641, the Appeals Court held the drivers who paid the taxicab company a fixed-fee to lease a taxicab were common law employees of the company