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California sues Uber, Lyft over misclassifying drivers as contractors
- julius_set 7y agoAnd the flagellation of Uber, Lyft continues I wonder if this is the straw that will eventually break the proverbial camels back and lead to the demise of ride share apps in the short term
- koolba 7y agoThe meat of the article is in the second of last paragraph: > Becerra also referred to Uber’s and Lyft’s push to include its drivers in a federal coronavirus relief bill for unemployment benefits. Those benefits are generally reserved for workers whose employers pay into the unemployment insurance system, which Uber and Lyft do not. Instacart should be watching this closely as there’s going to be a lot of idle shoppers who haven’t paid unemployment insurance as the economy opens up and the populace goes back to in person shopping.
- dang 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23082901 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23082901
- sizzle 7y agoThanks Dang, my search did not yield this submission!