48 - COVID-19: Meet Your New Friend, Unemployment Benefits

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Bills are now getting signed into law that are thankfully here to help us financially during these uncertain times. In this episode we break down how unemployment benefits work and how you can start to get yours quickly and painlessly.

Bills are now getting signed into law that are thankfully here to help us financially during these uncertain times. In this episode we break down how unemployment benefits work and how you can start to get yours quickly and painlessly.

In this episode:

  • What unemployment is [1:30]

  • How unemployment insurance works [2:30]

  • Why unemployment is capped [3:30] 

  • Weekly check amounts [5:00]

  • Unemployment for the self-employed [7:30]

  • Best time to apply [8:30]

  • How this is paid for by the state in the long term [9:30]

  • What documents they’ll need [10:30]

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