Self-Employed Workers Run Into Issues With Unemployment

Self-Employed Workers Run Into Issues With Unemployment

WHO ARE SELF-EMPLOYED CANNOW APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS UNDER THE THE CARESACT.

BUT GETTING THOSEBENEFITS HAS NOT BEEN EASY -OR FAST.

2 WORKS FOR YOU'SERIN CONRAD TALKS WITH AWOMAN WHO IS HOPING TOFINALLY GET HER APPLICATIONIN TODAY.LAUREN RAINWATER MAKES HERLIVING HELPING PEOPLERELAX.

-- Lauren Rainwater,Self-Employed :19 I can putessential oils which is whatis in them, there's nochemicals additives, anyadded stuff in there, it'spretty simple which is goodfor sensitive skin..

--SHE'S BEEN MAKING ALL KINDOF BATH BOMBS AND SELF-CAREPRODUCTS FOR THE LAST3 YEARS..

HER BIGGESTMONEYMAKERS ARE MARKETSHOWS.LIKE AFFAIR OF THEHEART..

-- Lauren Rainwater2:32 I have a shop that if idon't make orders or don'tsell orders, if I'm not atshows then I don't makemoney.2:39 -- 6:59 So theshows are huge for me, so Ido miss those.

I missed twoof them that were cancelledbecause of COVID-19.

Sothat's where this hasaffected my business.

7:11-- RAINWATER- LIKE SO MANYOTHERS- HAS BEEN TRYING TOFILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS FOR WEEKS.

AND IT'SBEEN- FOR LACK OF A BETTERTERM- CONFUSING..-- Lauren 9:05 So, it's justkind of heartbreaking whenyou keep seeing thesedenials.

So I'm like what isthis really gaining me?

9:12You keep hearing all thesestories of like keep doingit, no, don't do it, thesystem's not ready yet.

Andthen you hear keep doing itagain.it's hard when youwere kind of in thisposition where you werelike, well what do I have tolose but then what is itgaining you?

9:29 ---BEFORE THE HEALTH CRISISHIT- CONTRACTORS-GIGWORKERS AND THOSEWHO ARE SELF EMPLOYED DIDN'TQUALIFY TO GET BENEFITS- BUTBECAUSEOF THE BROAD IMPACT OFCOVID-19-LAWMAKERS HAVETEMPORARILY CHANGED THAT.

--ROBIN ROBERSON/EXEC.

DIROESC 13:17 With the newlegislation that wentthrough independentcontractors of any kind areeligible.

They just need tobe able to provide theirwork their income statementsso lets say they were adriver for Uber would be agood example.

They wouldneed to be able to pull thatdocumentation and share thatand that could include anykind of tax statements orpayments from any other sayum they're contractor theyneed to pull invoices thatwere paid by the person thathired them.

A lot of timeshaving to go back and findthis.

So please have thatinformation ready as wellwhen you are looking tofile.

--AND WHILE THIS IS ANUNPRECEDENTED MOVE-THE SLOWROLL-OUT HAS BEENFRUSTRATING FOR THOSE LEFTIN LIMBO.

-- ROBINROBERSON/EXEC.

DIR OESC 7:39People don't understand.Just because the Presidentsigned the CARES Act intolaw doesn't mean that we canadminister those benefitsthe next day, We have tohave the actual guidancefrom the Department of Laborwhich we finally havereceived all of that so thatwas slow, we were slow toreceive that an then we haveto implement that so thinkabout the 30 year oldtechnology that we'reworking with having toupdate it to be able tohandle a totally newworkflow process so you knowbefore we were unable toadminister to independentcontractors - now we need to- so that's been our highestpriority - getting thosepushes in placeso to production - to --RAINWATER SAYS SHEUNDERSTANDS IT'SCOMPLICATED- BUT THINGS ARETIGHT- ANDHER BILLS ARE STILL DUE.

--LAUREN SOT 10:18 um it'semotional, we are doingokay.but at the same time Iwish we were doing better sothat we could stay on top ofthings.

10:35 -- SHE SAYSSHE'S STAYING POSITIVE-STILL MAKING HER BATHBOMBS- AND "CRISISSCHOOLING" HERTHREE KIDS- AS SHE WAITS FORTHE LIFE RAFT SHE AND SOMANY OTHERS.STILL NEED.--- LAUREN9:52 So I'm just trying tobe patient because I knowI'm not the only one and Ijust want to do it right.9:59-- ERIN: AS OF TODAY- THEOKLAHOMA EMPLOYMENT SECURITYCOMMISSION CAN ACCEPTCONTRACTORS INFORMATION-HOWEVER- THOSE BENEFITS WILLMOST LIKELY NOT BE PROCESSEDUNTIL SOMETIME NEXT WEEK..AT HOME ERIN CONRAD, 2 WORKSFOR YOU.SPORTS IS NEXT.