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Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by bmm6o on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:00PM (#21540457)
> but to me it seems that you can jump in and out of employment with Uber & Lyft quite easily, to the point that it does seem more like contract work

You can't really look at one aspect of it and make a determination, it's based on several factors. The main ones that come up in this scenario are if the contractor/employee can set their own rates, and how closely management monitors how they do their job. Flexibility of employment - either in terms of scheduling or to take periods of time off - is not considered.

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Re:Uber Hit with $650M Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey by 1MoreThing on Thursday November 14, 2019 @07:56PM (#21541281)
What's the difference between setting your own rate and being offered a rate that you can choose to accept or decline? Is it the marketplace function of Uber (determining a price point between riders and drivers) that makes it different? Does being a contractor really require the ability to set a rate that no one is willing to pay?
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