Skip to Content Accessibility Information. Section Menu. Employee Assistance Program. Our Social Media Channels. We're available on the following channels. Those states are:. To qualify, you would have to be eligible for unemployment insurance and the benefits under this program are the same, in terms of dollar amounts the beneficiary receives.
In addition, you have to be identified through their State's profiling system as "likely to exhaust regular unemployment benefits" to be eligible to participate. So, this isn't the type of thing that will take all the pressure off those "forced" entrepreneurs because, so far as I know, nobody has ever gotten rich off unemployment insurance benefits. But it does offer laid-off workers who want to start their own businesses something of a breather at least, it does in those states that offer it.
Finding out about this sort of thing makes me feel a little better about the government's attitude toward self-employment, although it is distressing to see how few states have opted into the program and how little publicized it is. So, if you live in one of the magical seven states that has the program, you can encourage family and friends and neighbors facing employment to consider starting their own businesses.
And, if you live in one of the other forty-three states that don't offer Self-Employment Assistance, it may be time to contact your state department of labor to ask why. The federal government is large and complex and has more programs than you can shake a stick at. The federal government is also terrible at marketing most of those programs. But, given the situation in the labor market, it's irritating to discover that they have this form of support for self-employment and nobody knows about it.
Maybe, if word about it spreads, more states will be forced to sign on. And maybe, if enough people start using it, the federal government will finally begin to see that self-employment is an economic trend that isn't going to go away. About the Author: Dawn Rivers Baker, an award-winning small business journalist, regularly reports and analyzes small business policy and research as the editor and publisher of The MicroEnterprise Journal.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. The department is excited to provide claimants with the ability to have their unemployment insurance benefit payments transferred directly into their personal bank account through the fast, safe, and convenient direct deposit program. Claimants are strongly encouraged to enroll in direct deposit if they have a checking or savings account and their financial institution is able to receive direct deposits. Transition Timeline Please pay close attention to the following timeline: May 24, Beginning Monday, May 24, , all unemployment insurance benefit payments will be made by either direct deposit or paper check to eligible claimants who have made their selection in BEACON.
Replacement cards will not be issued after this date. If claimants have a balance on their debit cards after that date, they can contact the Bank of America Service Center at to access those funds in a different way. This includes gig workers, independent contractors, the self-employed, and those with insufficient work history.
Per new USDOL guidelines, eligibility for PUA has been expanded to include: Individuals who were denied unemployment benefits because they refused to return to work or refused an offer of work at a worksite that, in either rinstance, is not in compliance with local, state, or national health and safety standards directly related to COVID; Individuals who provide services to an educational institution or educational service agency and are unemployed or partially unemployed because of volatility in the work schedule that is directly caused by the COVID public health emergency this includes, but is not limited to, changes in schedules and partial closures ; and Individuals experiencing a reduction of hours or a temporary or permanent layoff as a direct result of the Covid public health emergency.
Claimants are required to provide proof of their employment in order to be eligible for PUA. Learn more about the proof of employment requirement.
Provides benefits to claimants after they have exhausted their Regular UI benefits. Regular UI benefits must have been exhausted on or after July 1, Claimants must provide documentation substantiating their self-employment income. Claimants will receive payment backdated to their earliest date of eligibility. All potentially eligible claimants will be notified. Chat with a Live Agent Claimants can conveniently chat online with a live agent to receive help with their unemployment insurance inquiries.
Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Activity Report Fraud With the record number of unemployment insurance claims filed during the COVID pandemic, Maryland, and states across the entire country, have seen an increase in activity by bad actors and fraudsters using illegally obtained data to file fraudulent unemployment insurance claims.
Avoid Scams We have been alerted to a number of potential scam operations that are attempting to prey on unemployment insurance claimants. To help you distinguish between legitimate assistance from Maryland Division of Unemployment Insurance DUI staff and fraudulent assistance from a potential scammer, please remember the following: DUI will never request or require payment for assistance with unemployment insurance, especially not through apps like Venmo or Cashapp.
DUI staff will not provide assistance to claimants through direct message on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. DUI does not provide assistance through text message and will not send any links asking a claimant to verify their account through text.
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