OUR REBOUNDSERIES.OUR NEWSROOM ISCOMMITTED TOBRINGING YOU THECRUCIALINFORMATION YOUNEED... AS WE LIVETHROUGH THESEUNCERTAIN TIMES.WE KNOWNAVIGATING THEGOVERNMENT'SLENDING ANDINSURANCEPROGRAMS CAN BETRICKY -- ESPECIALLYIF YOU'RE SELF-EMPLOYED.OUR MADELINEWHITE HAS ANSWERTO YOUR SOMEQUESTIONS... FROMTHE EXPERTS."I SPOKE WITH IDAHODEPARTMENT OFLABORREPRESENTATIVESTO SEE IF I CAN GETSOME OF YOURQUESTIONSANSWERED.""I HAVE A HIGHSCHOOL SOFTBALLUMPIRE WHO'SREACHED OUT TO ME,WORKING AS ANINDEPENDENTCONTRACTOR, HE'SNOT A SCHOOLEMPLOYEE, SO HECOLLECTS PERSIPENSION AND SOCIALSECURITY, BUTOBVIOUSLY HE'S OUTOF WORK RIGHTNOW.
HE WANTS TOKNOW IF HE WOULDBE ELIGIBLE FORCOMPENSATION FORTHE LOST WAGESUNDERUNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS."LEAH- "OK THIS IS AGOOD QUESTION ANDIT'S A QUESTION THATWE'RE GETTING A LOTOF.
NORMALLY,UNDER NORMALCIRCUMSTANCES, IFYOU'RE SELF-EMPLOYED, YOUREMPLOYER HASN'TBEEN PAYINGUNEMPLOYMENTINSURANCE TAXESON YOUR BEHALF, SOYOU WOULDN'T BEELIGIBLE FORUNEMPLOYMENTINSURANCE, SONORMALLY HEWOULDN'T BE.
BUTPART OF THE CARESACT, THE FEDERALPROGRAM, THEYHAVE ALLOWED USTO PAY THESE FOLKSUNEMPLOYMENTINSURANCE WITHFEDERAL FUNDINGTHE PROBLEM IS WEHAVE NOT DONE THATBEFORE, AND SOWE'VE HAD TOIMPLEMENTPROCESSES WITHOUR SYSTEM ANDWE'VE HAD TO WAITFOR THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT TOGIVE US GUIDANCEON HOW TO DO THAT.AND SO WE'REHOPING MID-MAYTHAT WE'LL BE ABLETO START ISSUINGTHESE PAYMENTS."BUT WHAT IFIDAHOANS LIKE MIKEMUSETTI JUST CAN'TWAIT UNTIL MID-MAYTO BE PAID?I ASKED WHETHERIT'S AN OPTION TOCAST A WIDE NET ANDAPPLY FOR THEPAYCHECKPROTECTIONPROGRAM ANDECONOMIC INJURYDISASTER LOANSINCE SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLEARE NOW ELIGIBLE."BASICALLY YOU'REEITHER GONNARECEIVEUNEMPLOYMENTINSURANCECOMPENSATION, ORCOMPENSATION WITHTHE LOAN."MADELINE - "I SEE, SOIT'S REALLY JUSTWHICHEVER ONECOMES FIRST, AND IFYOU GET THE LOANFIRST, THEN YOUHAVE TO REPORTTHAT."LEAH- "RIGHT.
THENAT THAT POINT YOUWOULDN'T BEELIGIBLE FORBENEFITS."AND ON WHETHERMIKE IS ELIGIBLE FORBENEFITS GIVEN HECOLLECTS PERSIPENSION AND SOCIALSECURITY"HE'LL WANT TO MAKESURE HE REPORTS ITTO US BUT IT WOULDNOT MAKE HIMINELIGIBLE FORBENEFITS.""STILLDEPARTMENT OFLABORREPRESENTATIVESSAY MIKE AND OTHERSELF-EMPLOYEDIDAHOANS SHOULDAPPLY FORUNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS ASAPAND THEN SUBMITCERTIFICATIONEVERY WEEK EVENIF THEY HAVEN'TRECEIVED BENEFITSOR HAVE RECEIVEDAN OFFICIAL NOTICE.MORE RESOURCESTHAT CAN HELPPROTECT YOURBOTTOM LINE IN THEINTERIM AREAVAILABLE ON IDAHONEWS 6 DOT COMSLASH REBOUND.MADELINE WHITE,IDAHO NEWS 6."SO TO RECAP...IDAHO DEPARTMENTOF LABORREPRESENTATIVES.SAY SELF-EMPLOYEDIDAHOANS ARE NOWELIGIBLE FORUNEMPLOYMENTINSURANCE... THANKSTO PROVISIONS INTHE FEDERALGOVERNMENT'SCARES ACT.
BUTTHOSE FUNDS LIKELYWON'T BEDISTRIBUTED UNTILMID-MAY.YOU'LL WANT TOMAKE SURE TOSUBMIT YOURUNEMPLOYMENTCERTIFICATION ONTHE DEPARTMENT OFLABOR'S ONLINEPORTAL EVERYWEEK.AND REMEMBER--THOSE ON SOCIALSECURITY AREELIGIBLE FORBENEFITS.THE DEPARTMENT OFTHE TREASURY... ISWORKING TO ENSUREP-P-P MONEY GETSTO THE SMALLBUSINESSES IT WASINTENDED FOR.THIS... AFTER LARGECOMPANIES -- FROMTHE SHAKE SHACKCHAIN... TO THEMULTI-BILLIONDOLLAR LOSANGELES LAKERSFRANCHISE --ANNOUNCED THEYRECEIVED PPPFUNDING... BUT NOWPLAN TO RETURN IT.OFFICIALSREMINDINGCOMPANIES OF THEREQUIREMENTS ANDINTENTION BEHINDTHE LOANS... ANDSAYING THEY WILLREVIEW ALL LOANSOVER TWO-MILLIONDOLLARS.
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