For years, California gig workers have existed in a legal limbo that left them without many benefits including unemployment. Labor activists have long argued that these workers should be reclassified as contractors, entitling them to unemployment insurance. The debate over how to handle freelance and self-employed workers became a sticking point during CARES Act negotiations and eventually gig workers were included in the package.
Diane Letulier, 57, a bookkeeper who lives in Southern California, created a Facebook group to help other self-employed Californians navigate the state's PUA portal. She got the idea after seeing a similar group with more than 24,000 members dedicated to helping state residents apply for traditional unemployment benefits.
In the meantime, she learned every inch of the unemployment department’s website. Using what she already knew about benefits from her bookkeeping experience, she spent her days helping other Californians navigate the confusing world of unemployment benefits.On April 28, when the state’s pandemic assistance portal went live, she woke up at 2 a.m. to check the website. Nothing. She checked again at 5 a.m. and saw that claims could be processed.
“There is no work,” she said. “There are jobs around [Burton], but it’s like a dying cancer in the center.”
Stephanie is a complete dumbass. Who goes in to 170,000 worth of debt for 3 associate degrees?! And a Bachelor in fine fucking arts? This is why I will protest forgiving student loans until my dying day. She spent 170,000 she didn’t have to get a job for around 12.00 an hr
I have several friends who have said things like 'this is great' bc they're still getting paid but they're either working half their work from home or not working at all but still on contract or something like that. It's like a long staycation for the upper middle class.
a blessing for who lazy assholes
EndTheShutdownNow It's harming far more people than helping. The cure is officially worse than the disease.
Love how people equate random crap with “blessings”