unemployment

Millions of workers who are self-employed, freelancers, or independent contractors qualify for a new unemployment program, set up under the recently passed CARES Act. But many are still waiting to apply for those benefits. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) expanded who is eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. Freelancers and independent contractors, previously excluded from these…

Lisa Kaczke, Sioux Falls Argus Leader Published 11:22 a.m. CT April 21, 2020 | Updated 4:00 p.m. CT April 21, 2020CLOSEThe state paid $11 million in state unemployment benefits and $9.6 million in federal unemployment funds last week. Before the pandemic, the state typically paid $540,000 per week in unemployment benefits, South Dakota Labor Secretary Marcia…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference on April 20, 2020.Michael Brochstein | Barcroft Media | Getty ImagesNew York's unemployment website "collapsed" following a surge in claims after the state shuttered nonessential businesses to curb the coronavirus pandemic, putting a record number of New Yorkers out of work, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said…

The federal government is doling out billions of dollars in unemployment benefits to try to entice people out of work to stay home and not go looking for jobs, but getting them back into the labor force when the time is right could be tough. In a move driven by Democrats, Congress and President Trump…