DOVER, Del. (AP) - The state of Delaware will soon allow independent contractors and people who work for themselves to file for unemployment.
The Delaware State News reports that the benefits will be available starting Monday.
Such workers normally are ineligible for jobless benefits. But a federal stimulus measure has temporarily opened unemployment benefits to them because of the coronavirus pandemic.
People in Delaware who are eligible will receive $600 per week from the federal government. Benefits from the state range from $133 to $400 a week.
The $600 federal benefit expires July 25.
More than 75,000 Delaware residents have filed for unemployment since the state’s first coronavirus case was reported.
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