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After a period of consideration, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided that Uber is a transport service, just like any other taxi company. There is lot to say about Uber's use of untrained, non-professional drivers and other abusive practices.
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Declares Uber a Transport Service
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday December 20 2017, @09:01PM
That depends on the definition of "employee" in that particular jurisdiction. There's other industries where workers just show up "when they feel like it", that's nothing new. Uber/Lyft do handle that more gracefully and automatically than older industries (where they might not be given a job that day if too many other people showed up), but not all employers have employees who show up consistently. People who hire day-laborers are a good example here. But this probably doesn't disagree with you: those people who hire day-laborers aren't hiring W-2 employees, having to file IRS forms for them, having to pay FICA taxes for them, etc. (And this is all assuming you're in the US, laws in EU are different of course.)