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Labor/Employment

May 6, 2020

Unemployment strain drove suit of Uber, Lyft, lawyers say

The pandemic's strain on state unemployment funds likely motivated the lawsuit state entities filed against Uber and Lyft Tuesday, according to employment attorneys who repeatedly alleged the companies are relying on government funding to support financially struggling drivers.

Unemployment strain drove suit of Uber, Lyft, lawyers say
A ride-hailing vehicle in San Francisco, Sept. 11, 2019. (New York Times News Service)

The pandemic's strain on state unemployment funds likely motivated the lawsuit state entities filed against Uber and Lyft Tuesday, according to employment attorneys who repeatedly alleged the companies are relying on government funding to support financially struggling drivers.

"You have this huge swath of workers who need unemployment insurance," said Wendy Musell, a partner at civil rights law firm Stewart & Musell LLP, who re...

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