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Investigation finds rehab programs across the U.S. require unpaid labor from clients

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Jul 8, 2020
At least 300 rehab facilities in 44 states required unpaid labor from participants, investigators found.
Investigators found rehab participants doing everything from picking cotton in Georgia to doing doing construction on high rises in the San Francisco Bay Area, all with no or little pay.
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Could the gig be up for Uber and Lyft?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 9, 2019
A law under consideration in California would require the companies to classify their drivers as employees.
A woman holds up a sign as people protest outside Uber's corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California in May 2019.
Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
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