By classifying its army of drivers as independent contractors, Uber has avoided incurring costs such as the minimum wage, overtime, healthcare benefits and reimbursing drivers for their mileage.
By classifying the benefits as security measures, the executives typically get a better tax treatment on the services.
By classifying mental disorders and giving them names, DSM not only influences how doctors diagnose and treat their patients.
By classifying genes based on a qualitative score assigned by humans, it represents opinion research.
The smoking history classifier identifies smoking history by classifying each sentence.
The Nazis did it by classifying Jews and Roma as untermenschen.
Mr. Romney saved $54,000 in taxes by classifying his $3.8 million house in Park City as his primary residence.
Home Office ministers last month proposed banning tramadol from public sale by classifying it as a class-C drug.
They assumed that, by classifying offenses and prescribing appropriate punishments, they would make men think twice about resorting to violence.
Herington was hired as a direct employee of the Milwaukee Bucks, but many teams justify the underpayment of dancers by classifying them as "contractors".
Worse yet, by classifying these individuals as "student athletes" instead of as "employees", the NCAA has denied them access to workers' compensation.
