{"id":239,"date":"2015-07-14T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/2015\/07\/14\/ride-share-sharing-economy-regulatory-trend-employees-or-independent-contractors\/"},"modified":"2015-07-14T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T21:00:00","slug":"ride-share-sharing-economy-regulatory-trend-employees-or-independent-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/ride-share-sharing-economy-regulatory-trend-employees-or-independent-contractors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride Share. Sharing Economy. Regulatory trend: Employees or Independent Contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A California regulator ruled certain ride share drivers to be employees for wage claim purposes and it has regulators, policy makers, attorneys and investors in overdrive.<\/p>\n<p>Investors keep investing in the companies. <a href=\"#ixzz3ftUGMFz0\">The Recorder<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-07-08\/uber-said-to-seek-up-to-1-billion-funding-for-chinese-carveout\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regulators &amp; policymakers go both ways. \u00a0 Hillary Clinton is said to be using the independent contractor stance as a campaign issue. <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/07\/12\/clinton-uber\/#.qezwlo:VLSg\">TechCrunch<\/a>\u00a0 Jeb Bush is hailing a ride share vehicle to arrive at a speaking engagement with tech cred. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfweekly.com\/thesnitch\/2015\/07\/13\/man-of-action-jeb-bush-vows-to-hail-an-uber-in-sf-this-week\">SF Weekly<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2015\/07\/republicans-hail-uber-in-bid-for-tech-cred-120052.html\">Politico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lawyers. 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