https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/04/03/coronavirus-uber-and-lyft-trying-to-evade-driver-unemployment-costs-critics-say/

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft are attempting to escape paying for unemployment benefits for drivers who are unable to work because of the coronavirus pandemic, critics of the firms say.

The $2 trillion coronavirus rescue and stimulus plan passed by Congress and signed March 27 by President Donald Trump will extend unemployment benefits and provide a special $600-per-week pandemic payment to workers, including ride-hailing drivers who were previously ineligible for benefits because employers say they are contractors rather than employees, California officials said this week.