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 ...

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 ...

In recent months, hundreds of thousands of self-employed, freelance and gig workers have been notified that they've been overpaid in unemployment benefits during the pandemic and must return the funds ...

Some unemployed Americans have been underpaid under a federal COVID-19 relief program, a watchdog found. The U.S. Government Accountability Office — a nonpartisan, independent agency that works for ...

DENVER – The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday that around 48,000 federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims for self-employed workers filed between mid-July and late ...

LOS ANGELES - Inaction by Congress could result in millions of Americans entering the New Year with little or no means of financial support, according to a report released Wednesday. According to ...

This story is current as of 9:30 a.m. on April 27. Freelancers, independent contractors, gig workers and other self-employed individuals don't typically qualify for unemployment benefits when they ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The acting director of the Illinois' Department of Employment Security answered questions about widespread complaints of delayed benefits, agonizing wait times and fraud. IDES was ...

Former USC football player Abdul-Malik McClain was arrested in 2021 and charged with 10 counts of mail fraud and two counts of identity theft for allegedly filing fraudulent claims on behalf of USC ...

CLEVELAND — Six Cleveland area residents have pleaded guilty to a fraudulent COVID-19 unemployment claims scheme. The 33-count indictment stated that the individuals from Northeast Ohio illegally ...

Federal unemployment benefits have started being paid out in North Carolina, three weeks after Congress and President Donald Trump approved a coronavirus stimulus package with the extra benefits.