Watch out sharing economy, the feds are watching this whole contractor thing (arstechnica.com)

They were able to crack down on "illegal" aliens pretty effectively; so "contractors" need to be very afraid.

To me, this line sums up the whole discussion: "If a worker is told where to work, what their rate is, and does not control who orders the work (can't make client hire/fire decisions) they are an employee."

I have a feeling that Uber and the other "sharing economy" companies have very bad news coming.