Shannon Liss-Riordan: Sharing-Economy Workers Deserve Protection

Companies like Uber and Lyft are using the Internet to remake transportation. But labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan says they�re also misclassifying workers as contractors to skimp on taxes and benefits. She�s won cases for FedEx drivers and exotic dancers over similar practices; now she�s suing sharing-economy bigwigs. “Our laws should protect workers,” Liss-Riordan says, “not just companies.”