employment subsidy for contract labor and self employed

[greycharger]

Any experience? Congress provided funds for the self-employed to be given out back when the $600 was added to unemployment, but not all States released the funds. South Dakota did not. Did any State? It certainly didn't get much press, so nobody knows about it.

[RallyeMike]

WA did for self-employed as I know someone who applied and got it. That person is back to work now with the relaxed restrictions in WA so I believe it ended.

[RiverRaider]

WI has something called PUA for the self employed.  If you have not worked for an employer that pays into unemployment insurance in the last 18 months you can apply for PUA right away if you did work for someone else
it get complicated but possible.  With WI PUA it may be possible to collect if are the primary caregiver of your child and your kid has to school from home and you stop working to help with that.
With SD not locking down as hard maybe the reason they did not set up the program.   WI also has LWA Lost wages assistance that gives and extra 300 per week.  That money comes from FEMA and has limited funds for about three weeks or when the money runs out.

[XH29N0G]

I hope it works out for you and am of the opinion that this should all be done as equitably as possible. I'm in the public sector and just yesterday was sent a message saying that my salary would be reduced by about 10K for the next year, it could be more if things don't improve. The reason for this rather than furlough is because it is easier to implement and requires me to be on the job (not take days off).  I couldn't anyway and had to work through the past furloughs anyway because what I do does not have a stop and requires it be done.  Tell the truth it's been a lot more work trying to juggle things with the new ways that things are being done.

I think there's going to be pain for a number of us and I know there has been pain for a number of us already.  I'm grateful for having a job and also for the decision to cut pay rather than cut people.  The place where I work is doing this in a graded way so those who get paid the least do not get hit.  I am on board with that.