Gig Workers Must ‘Keep Waiting’ for Financial Relief

Here are the day’s top coronavirus stories from the team at Bloomberg Law:

• KEEP WAITING: To frustrated gig workers flooding state support lines and legal aid offices, wondering why they can’t get the unemployment assistance, most states’ messages come down to some version of “wait” or “keep waiting.” The difficulty in getting the aid flowing highlights a convoluted federal-state unemployment system that won’t be ready to go live with the expanded benefits until at least the second half of April.
• INSURANCE FIGHTS: Law firms such as Reed Smith and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman are poised to benefit the ...