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, ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It took more than a month-and-a-half to get Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program benefit payments into the pockets of Illinoisans who desperately needed the money, making the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — For the week ending March 27, initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) totaled 11,677, up 4,036 claims, or 52.8%, compared to the previous week’s total of 7,641 claims, ...

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tina Smith (D-MN) have introduced legislation to help ensure Americans who earn a living through a mix of traditional and independent employment income can fully ...

MADISON – A federal watchdog agency is urging Wisconsin to look into racial disparities in how a pandemic-era unemployment program was paid out, after it showed that white claimants got paid out at ...