If Uber and Lyft lose a high-stakes voter-ballot initiative in California this fall that would restore their ability to pay their drivers as contractors rather than as employees, the companies say they will need to come up with an alternative. One such model is to go back to Uber’s roots, called Uber Black. In that model, Uber would take a more hands off approach to overseeing drivers. For...
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