Uber and Lyft pushing coronavirus burden onto taxpayers, California AG says while suing firms over driver classification
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/05/05/uber-and-lyft-pushing-coronavirus-burden-onto-taxpayers-california-ag-says-while-suing-firms-over-driver-classification/
The State of California and three cities have filed a lawsuit accusing Uber and Lyft of breaking the state’s new AB-5 “gig worker” law by misclassifying drivers as contractors instead of employees.
And the two San Francisco ride-hailing giants are pushing a financial burden onto taxpayers as their drivers collect unemployment benefits from funds the companies have not paid into, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra alleged in announcing the lawsuit.
Uber and Lyft pushing coronavirus burden onto taxpayers, California AG says while suing firms over driver classification
May 5, 2020, 8:24pm UTC
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/05/05/uber-and-lyft-pushing-coronavirus-burden-onto-taxpayers-california-ag-says-while-suing-firms-over-driver-classification/
> The State of California and three cities have filed a lawsuit accusing Uber and Lyft of breaking the state’s new AB-5 “gig worker” law by misclassifying drivers as contractors instead of employees.
> And the two San Francisco ride-hailing giants are pushing a financial burden onto taxpayers as their drivers collect unemployment benefits from funds the companies have not paid into, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra alleged in announcing the lawsuit.