For the first time last year, self-employed Ohioans were eligible for unemployment benefits. More than 1.3 million people received assistance through the program prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But ...

Higher unemployment insurance benefits not only lowers the likelihood that an unemployed person will become self-employed, but it also extends the length of time before they transition to ...

Desperation brought Tony Ceballos to the concrete offices of the Oregon Employment Department in Salem in the spring of 2020. He had exhausted every other option he could think of to submit his ...

A federal program to pay unemployment benefits to self-employed people and independent contractors should go live in North Carolina Friday, Assistant Secretary of the Division of Employment Security ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the intersection of disability and public services. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused considerable turmoil in the ...