The nation's 59 million self-employed workers got a lifeline last year when lawmakers created the first-ever program that extended jobless benefits to this growing group of workers. But that program, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Economic support has finally arrived in California for the millions of self-employed, freelance and gig economy workers in California, many of whom have lost work or wages in ...

A former Georgia state lawmaker, who allegedly lied to collect pandemic unemployment benefits she was not entitled to receive ...

Seven people, including members of Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio’s immediate family, were indicted in an alleged Pandemic ...

The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program is one of three federally funded programs introduced by the CARES Act. This program has a very specific aim: providing emergency unemployment ...

As America prepares to celebrate Labor Day, it’s timely to wonder what the US Department of Labor (DOL) has been up to. One noteworthy recent action was DOL’s August 21 release of a report on improper ...

Jun. 1—Question : I am getting a message to supply documents for PUA, but I am pretty sure I already did this last year, or at least some of it. Is this a general message to everyone on PUA, or do I ...

One of the first programs Congress created to assist Americans thrown out of work by the pandemic was the unprecedented Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA expanded unemployment ...

A state audit released Thursday found nearly $2 billion in federal money intended to help unemployed Illinoisans during the pandemic was lost to fraudulent claims in Illinois. The Illinois Department ...

Since the pandemic, many workers have faced a difficult choice: taking a job that may increase their risk of exposure to the coronavirus or turning down income they may need to cover the bills. Those ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Unemployed workers who used up their Pandemic Unemployment Assistance or Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation last year will have the chance to apply ...