The Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation DETR announced the launch of Nevada’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance filing system.
FOR THOUSANDS...OF UNEMPLOYED NEVADANS THANKSFOR JOINING US..I'M TRICIA KEAN.AND I'M TODD QUINONES..THE STATE IS FINALLY..ANNOUNCING..HELP FOR INDEPENDENTCONTRACTORS...SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS..OR OTHERS WHO HAVE NOTQUALIFIED FOR TRADITIONALUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS..TO THIS POINT..LETS GET RIGHT TO 13INVESTIGATES REPORTER JOEBARTELS...NEAR RAINBOW AND LAKE MEAD..TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE KNOW...JOE?NEVADA WAS ONE OF SIX STATES...AS OF TODAY..THAT HAD NOT ROLLED OUT..THIS..PANDEMIC...UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE..OR PUA FOR SHORT..THIS NOW INCLUDES MANY PEOPLEWHO HAVE TO THIS POINT..BEEN LEFT OUT OF GETTING BADLYNEEDED CASH ASSISTANCE..LETS GET RIGHT TO IT..THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT..TRAINING AND REHABILITATION..OR DETR...SAYS THIS ROLLOUT NOWINCLUDES...FOLKS WHO ARE SELF EMPLOYED...INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS..GIG WORKERS..OR THOSE WHO OTHER WISE HAVENOT QUALIFED FOR UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS..
DUE TO COVID-19...THIS ROLLOUT..WAS PART OF THE CARES ACT..THAT MASSIVE STIUMULUS BILLSIGNED INTO LAW..BACK IN MARCH..SO WHAT TOOK SO LONG???AUTHORITIES SAY THE SYSTEM ANDTHE REQUIREMENTS ARE VERYCOMPLEX..SO IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG TOWORK ALL OF THAT OUT...THIS CASH BENEFIT WILL MIRRORCURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS..THAT INCLUDES THE CASH BENEFITFROM THE STATE..PLUS..THE 600 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THEFEDERAL GOVERNMENT..HAS BEEN CHIPPING IN...BUT IF YOU APPLY..BE PREPARED TO HAVE ALL OF YOURPAPERWORK READY TO GO."FILERS WILL NEED THE FOLLOWINGINFORMATION WHEN THEY FILE ACLAIM, W-2 OR 1099 FORM, TAXRETURNS, PAT STUBS, BANKRECEIPTS, LEDGERS, INVOICES,AND BILLING STATEMENTS."TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN WEHAVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANTNUMBERSAND WEBSITES TO GIVE YOU.FIRST IS THE THE PHONE NUMBER1-800-603-9681..THAT IS THE CURRENT INFORMATIONONLY LINE FOR 1-800-603-9681..THAT IS THE CURRENT INFORMATIONONLY LINE FOR UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS..BUT IT WILL BE TRANSITIONING AT8 PM TONIGHT TO THE DEDICATEDLINE FOR PUA BENEFITS...ONLY.THE WEBSITE TO APPLY FOR PUABENEFITS AND INFORMATION...EMPLOY DOT NV DOT GOV.CLAIMS WILL BE ACCEPTEDSTARTING THIS SATURDAY...PAYMENTS WILL BEGIN..ON MAY 23 WHICH IS THEFOLLOWING SATURDAY.WE KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFO..WE HAVE IT FOR YOU ON KTNV DOTCOM.WE ARE SORTING OUT MORE OF THISANNOUNCEMENT..WE'LL HAVE MORE AT 6..REPORTING LIVE JOE BARTELS 13ACTION NEWSACROSS THE U-S...MILLIO
Today starting at 5 p.m., the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program call center will be down for a system update. This could..