Department of Labor: Important New Benefit for Self-Employed

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The Maine Department of Labor will begin taking applications for the new federal/state Unemployment Insurance program for people who are self-employed (or otherwise ineligible for traditional UI) on Friday, May 1, 2020.  

Applications submitted before then will be denied.

Below is a link to a video from the Commissioner of Labor about this new program. 

https://www.maine.gov/unemployment/pua/