(Reuters) – Uber and Lyft drivers are hitting a wall in their efforts to apply for the coronavirus jobless benefits promised by Congress as state agencies say they are not ready to handle a class of workers who are totally new to the U.S. unemployment system.
FILE PHOTO: Uber and Lyft driver Adama Fofana, who says he and other drivers he knows have “fear in their stomachs” about contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while working, but cannot cut their hours because they need the income to survive, sprays disinfectant in his car in New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Penney – RC2QLF94E5T2/File Photo
Gig workers classified as independent contractors by platforms such as Uber Technologies Inc, Lyft Inc, Doordash or Instacart were included in the federal government’s coronavirus stimulus bill to receive unemployment benefits generally reserved for full-time employees.
But a week after the bill was signed into law by President Donald Trump, it is still…
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