Mealey's (April 9, 2021, 4:22 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The question of whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is one of law rather than fact, Uber Technologies Inc. and its subsidiary argue in a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on April 5 seeking review of a dispute with a class of UberBLACK drivers after the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s summary judgment for the rideshare company....