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Has Uber snookered itself?

Uber has gone to great lengths to push its case that its drivers are independent contractors, not employees. But in doing so, it's inadvertently opened itself up to an accusation of breaking the law on another front. With special feature audio.

Chris Keall
Fri, 06 May 2016

Uber has gone to great lengths to push its case that its drivers are independent contractors, not employees.

But in doing so, the US-based company might have snookered itself, both in the US and New Zealand – inadvertently opening itself to action under competition law.

US lawyer Andrew Schmidt,

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Fri, 06 May 2016
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