Filing for unemployment as a gig or self-employed worker? “It’s a bit of a mess,” one expert says.
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Lyft driver Steven Smith uses a sanitizing wipe to disinfect his vehicle as he waits to get a call from a passenger in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Smith and other Lyft drivers have seen a decline in ridership amidst the Bay Area's shelter-in-place in response to the global outbreak of the Coronavirus.
"It's a bit of a mess," said Stephen Wandner, a labor economist and senior fellow at the National Academy of Social Insurance.
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