Unemployment Benefits to Booth Renters

By Fred Jones, PBFC Legal Counsel

The historic, $2.2T federal CARES Act authorizes states to offer unemployment insurance compensation to independent contractors who due to coronavirus shutdowns have been forced out of work.

California’s Employment Development Department is working on implementing those benefits and will update this site with information on how Booth Renters and other independent contractors can qualify, apply for and eventually receive Unemployment payments (notwithstanding they never paid into the insurance pool).

So be watching this site for information how you might qualify and apply for these funds if you are an out-of-work Booth Renter or behind-the-chair employee:

https://www.edd.ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019.htm

We also suggest you continue to monitor this helpful, California-specific site about mortgage and eviction relief and further information about compensation benefits:

https://covid19.ca.gov/get-financial-help/#top

Hit the “Previous Article” link below for previously published information for salon owners and others making a living in our industry in California.