The companies will have 10 days before the order goes into effect to allow a higher appeal, according to a copy of the ruling by Judge Ethan Schulman of San Francisco Superior Court. Uber and Lyft currently treat their drivers as self-employed contractors. The mixed legal pressure to redistribute their …
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The world is witnessing “green shoots of hope” in its battle against Covid-19, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). In the WHO’s daily media review, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus began noticing the scale of the coronavirus pandemic, with 20 million confirmed cases and 750,000 deaths expected by …
Read More »Democrats seize Trump’s tax bill proposal as attack on Social Security, Medicare
The news about Medicare jumps out of Trump’s press conference on Saturday when the president said if he won reelection, he planned to “forgive these taxes and make permanent cuts to the tax bill.” “One of [Trump’s] biggest broken promise was the guarantee that he would defend Social Security and …
Read More »Trump considers bans renewed by citizens who may have Coronavirus
WASHINGTON – President Trump is considering new immigration rules that could allow border officials to temporarily block a U.S. citizen as a legal permanent resident from returning to the United States if authorities have reason to believe the person may be infected with the coronavirus. In recent months, Mr. Trump …
Read More »In Florida, a show of coronavirus as DeSantis rejects Tampa area schools plan
The potential educational benefits of instruction in individuals outweigh the health risks of opening schools during the pandemic, DeSantis said Monday. | Joe Raedle / Getty Images TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis took a hard line at the opening of schools on Monday, standing firm against Florida’s third-largest school district …
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