Stimulus Deal Gig Workers
The new stimulus bill extends two cares act programs that support the self employed freelance gig workers and long term unemployed by 11 weeks.
Stimulus deal gig workers. 6 2021 at 6. The larger stimulus package appears to be gaining traction with speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer saying the proposal should form the basis for any further negotiations. These programs were originally scheduled to expire.
Gig workers are eligible for extra unemployment under new stimulus deal but they must clear one big hurdle first provided by dow jones jan 11 2021 11 11 am utc. Et in an effort to combat fraudulent unemployment insurance claims gig workers and self employed workers face an additional hurdle gig workers will be required to provide proof of income to claim unemployment benefits under the new pandemic relief. The unemployed will get the 300.
The first stimulus package the coronavirus aid relief and economic security act cares act passed last spring contained a new program the pandemic unemployment assistance pua for self employed and freelance workers who didn t qualify for traditional unemployment and who had lost income due to the pandemic. Jobless americans won t lose out on any benefits in the 900 billion stimulus deal even though president donald trump did not sign it into law until sunday. 6 2021 at 6 01 a m.
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