{"id":46534,"date":"2020-04-24T21:02:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T01:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=46534"},"modified":"2020-04-24T21:02:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T01:02:39","slug":"florida-updates-the-unemployment-system-to-process-self-employed-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/04\/florida-updates-the-unemployment-system-to-process-self-employed-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida updates the unemployment system to process self-employed claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%2Fc3o9NjQweDQ4MCZpdT0vMjA1NDIzMDgvUHJlX3JvbGxfdGVzdCZpbXBsPXMmZ2RmcF9yZXE9MSZlbnY9dnAmb3V0cHV0PXZhc3QmdW52aWV3ZWRfcG9zaXRpb25fc3RhcnQ9MSZ1cmw9W3JlZmVycmVyX3VybF0mZGVzY3JpcHRpb25fdXJsPVtkZXNjcmlwdGlvbl91cmxdJmNvcnJlbGF0b3I9W3RpbWVzdGFtcF0ifSwibGlicmFyeVJlcXVlc3RlZCI6dHJ1ZX0sInJlYWxUaW1lQW5hbHl0aWNzIjp0cnVlLCJoZWFsdGhBbmFseXRpY3MiOnt9fSwiaHRtbDUiOnRydWV9\"  width =\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Florida Department of Management Services Secretary, John Satter (now overseeing DEO) announced [Thursday] that self-employed workers, independent contractors, and gig workers can apply now through the existing DEO site the same as all other claimants. There has been some misconception here. They have always had the ability to apply; however, they were being deemed ineligible by the system. According to Satter and effective yesterday, the existing system will no longer reject these type of claims as presumably the site has been corrected\/updated to accommodate the federal benefit. It is also important to note that if these type of claimants have previously applied, they do not need to reapply. Their information is on file and will be processed accordingly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Additionally, it has been rumored that a new portal, specific to self-employed workers, independent contractors, and gig workers will be created. According to statements made by Secretary Satter [Thursday], this will not be the case. Again, they simply apply using the current system.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lastly, [Thursday] the DEO released an updated Resource Guide. I am linking it here for your convenience:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridajobs.org\/docs\/default-source\/reemployment-assistance-center\/new-individual-faq-includes-cares-act-final.pdf?sfvrsn=5f2547b0_20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.floridajobs.org\/docs\/default-source\/reemployment-assistance-center\/new-individual-faq-includes-cares-act-final.pdf?sfvrsn=5f2547b0_20<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note the relevance and further clarification on Page 11:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cGig workers will apply just like any other individual would apply for Reemployment Assistance benefits. They will fill out the regular Reemployment Assistance application to determine if they\u2019re eligible for regular Reemployment Assistance benefits, and if they\u2019re not, they will be directed to fill out a Pandemic Unemployment Assistance application.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rep. Dane Eagle\u2019s Office is offering to help constituents who have questions and aren\u2019t able to reach anyone at the DEO. Contact him here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Representatives\/details.aspx?MemberId=4573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Representatives\/details.aspx?MemberId=4573<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Department of Management Services Secretary, John Satter (now overseeing DEO) announced [Thursday] that self-employed workers, independent contractors, and gig workers can apply now through the existing DEO site the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}