Uber paid the US state of New Jersey $100 million in back taxes and fines for labelling nearly 300,000 of its drivers as self-employed and withholding required benefits; however, this is only a fraction of the $1 billion initially demanded by the state
Whether to classify drivers for ride-sharing companies as employees or independent contractors has long been a matter of debate among business and government representatives, with no clear consensus emerging thus far. Image: Shutterstock