Businesses, Workers Raise Benefits Eligibility Questions

The Labor Department’s constant issuance of guidance on expanded paid leave and unemployment insurance can’t seem to keep pace with the number of questions on eligibility posed by businesses and workers.

Pressure Mounts: As states struggle to process millions of new jobless benefits claims, pressure is mounting on DOL to extend these benefits to independent contractors. This is a key promise of the Covid-19 stimulus law.

New Guidance: The agency offered some parameters Sunday on which ride share drivers will be eligible for the unemployment insurance program. States, workers, and businesses have been waiting on critical guidance that clarifies how ...