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>40 hours according to the California Department of Industrial Relations and 30 hours according to the Affordable Care Act.

So uber can avoid this requirement by only allowing drivers to work for 40/30 hours per week?

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Well, yes and no. They can avoid healthcare requirements by not allowing people to work 30+ hours per week (as Walmart and MacDonalds often do), but that doesn't get rid of their other obligations to employees (disability, unemployment, social security, payroll tax, etc.). They already provide these services for their non-driver employees, so the issue here is purely cost.

I see you’re familiar with retail jobs.

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