Counterpoint (from the basis of what I know from how the US, not France, classifies independent contractors):
1. Uber drivers also drive for Lyft and other services
2. They can reject a passenger when the call comes in
3. They bring their own tools to the job (their car)
4. They provide their own training and technical qualifications (they're responsible for getting a drivers license, license plate, etc.)
5. They set their own hours
6. The choose where they work
7. They're paid by the job and the price is based on the job, not necessarily just hourly wages (like paying for a deck, or a custom paint job)
8. They work with limited supervision
This sounds an awful lot to me like an independent contractor working for a small number of driving services. I do think that the fact that drivers have limited ability in a given app to set their own rates indicates employment, but very rarely does an independent contractor actually meet every single one of the criteria I listed. A house cleaner, for instance, brings their own tools, etc., but they're not paid by the job and they don't work with limited supervision. Meanwhile some construction work might mean that work can only be done during specific hours of the day using specialized equipment provided by the nuclear plant / factory / whatever.
This is as opposed to someone like Microsoft or Intel that hires employees, but gives them a different badge and excludes them from certain meetings and then goes and pretends they're contractors when they're actually just poorly paid interns.
1. Uber drivers also drive for Lyft and other services
2. They can reject a passenger when the call comes in
3. They bring their own tools to the job (their car)
4. They provide their own training and technical qualifications (they're responsible for getting a drivers license, license plate, etc.)
5. They set their own hours
6. The choose where they work
7. They're paid by the job and the price is based on the job, not necessarily just hourly wages (like paying for a deck, or a custom paint job)
8. They work with limited supervision
This sounds an awful lot to me like an independent contractor working for a small number of driving services. I do think that the fact that drivers have limited ability in a given app to set their own rates indicates employment, but very rarely does an independent contractor actually meet every single one of the criteria I listed. A house cleaner, for instance, brings their own tools, etc., but they're not paid by the job and they don't work with limited supervision. Meanwhile some construction work might mean that work can only be done during specific hours of the day using specialized equipment provided by the nuclear plant / factory / whatever.
This is as opposed to someone like Microsoft or Intel that hires employees, but gives them a different badge and excludes them from certain meetings and then goes and pretends they're contractors when they're actually just poorly paid interns.