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Re:Uber and Lyft don't have a right to exist by wolco on Saturday August 31, 2019 @11:57AM (#20847067)
If you hire a lawyer they could be your employee. If you hire a firm they are not.

The difference is the firm can assign a junior to do all of the work and keep the senior for trial or face-to-face meetings. If you hired a person they can't really do that.

Can I change the driver? If my wife uses my account is that allowed? Can I subcontract to my team? If not I'm an employee.

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Re:Uber and Lyft don't have a right to exist by kortilla on Sunday September 01, 2019 @02:07AM (#20850749)
>Can I change the driver? If my wife uses my account is that allowed? Can I subcontract to my team? If not I'm an employee.

That’s not how that works. There is a reason they are called contractors. All kinds of stipulations about who will do the work can be loaded into a contract.

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