http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2015/06/uber_california_labor_commission_here_s_where_the_company_s_legal_fights.html

Rarely does a single worker inspire existential angst in a $50 billion company the way Barbara Ann Berwick has for Uber. On Wednesday, it came out that the California Labor Commission had determined earlier this month that Berwick, a former Uber driver, should be classified as an employee of the company rather than an independent contractor. The commission awarded Berwick some $4,000 in unpaid expenses. Uber immediately appealed. The “1099 economy” shuddered.