On Thursday, Uber settled a class-action that all its drivers are to remain classified as independent contractors. By classifying its drivers as freelancers, it allows Uber to avoid paying typical costs associated with full-time employees such as social security payments and abiding by minimum wage laws. Under this settlement, Uber will be required to pay 385,000 drivers as much as $100 million who were complainants in the case. This is the largest number of drivers in history to file a class-action lawsuit.
See "Uber Settles Cases With Concessions, but Drivers Stay Freelancers", MIKE ISAAC and NOAM SCHEIBER, The New York Times, April 22, 2016