Tax,
Labor/Employment
Oct. 30, 2017
Do independent contractors get unemployment benefits?
Unemployment benefits are only for people who are (or were) employed. Yet, you might be surprised that unemployment benefits sometimes go to workers who were actually independent contractors and not employees, at least by name.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
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San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
Unemployment benefits are meant to cover employees if they lose their jobs. The state of California's Unemployment Insurance program is administered by the Employment Development Department. It pays benefits to workers who have lost their jobs, assuming that they meet the program's eligibility requirements.
Not surprisingly, it starts with filing an unemployment claim. But who files them? Sometimes, people who file claims might see ...
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