Expanded unemployment benefits offered through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program are reaching nearly 8 million Americans, about 25% of all recipients.
The CARES Act expanded unemployment benefits to the self-employed, independent contractors, gig workers and others who'd been ineligible for jobless pay under prior law.7.8 million Americans were collecting benefits through the PUA program as of May 9, according to Labor Department data released Thursday.
A Lyft logo is displayed on a vehicle driving through Times Square, March 19, 2019 in New York City. Nearly 8 million Americans are collecting unemployment benefits through a new program meant for the self-employed and other groups. The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief law enacted in March, known as the CARES Act, expanded unemployment benefits for jobless workers, who've filed for assistance in record numbers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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