雇主将不再收到蜗牛邮件通知的纸质副本—这听起来似乎没什么大不了,但是它’很大。雇主只有10天的时间来竞争员工’可能是虚假的失业要求。不幸的是,在蜗牛邮件通知到达时,这些日子中的很多时候通常已经过去了。因此,尽管从理论上讲这是一个好举动,但它要求雇主定期检查他们的 MyTaxIllinois 帐户— potentially every few days, since 那里’没有其他方法可以知道前雇员(可能几个月前离职)何时提出索赔。
本周早些时候,伊利诺伊州就业安全局(IDES)发布了 新指令 for 1099 workers who have lost work due to 新冠肺炎. The new Pandemic 失业 Assistance (PUA) program provides 100% federally-funded 失业 benefits for individuals who are unemployed for specified 新冠肺炎-related reasons and are not eligible for the state’s regular 失业 insurance 程序。 Workers, including 独立承包商s, who believe they may qualify for new federal benefits under PUA 必须先申请定期失业保险,然后才能根据PUA申请福利. The new PUA application portal is set to open on May 11.
Workers who believe they may be eligible for new federal benefits under the Pandemic 失业 Assistance (PUA) program 必须先申请定期失业保险,然后才能根据PUA申请福利 when a new application portal opens on 2020年5月11日年 via the IDES website.
PUA provides 100% federally-funded 失业 benefits for individuals who are unemployed for specified 新冠肺炎-related reasons and are not eligible for the state’s regular 失业 insurance program, the extended benefit (EB) program under 伊利诺伊州law, or the Pandemic Emergency 失业 Compensation program (PEUC), including 独立承包商s and sole-proprietors. Up to 39 weeks’ worth of benefits are potentially available under the program for 新冠肺炎-related 失业 claims.
PUA claims will be backdated to the individuals’ first week of 失业, but no earlier than February 2, 2020年, and will continue for as long as the individual remains unemployed as a result of 新冠肺炎, but no later than the week ending December 26, 2020年. The program is similar to the federal Disaster 失业 Assistance program which provides 失业 benefits in response to local disasters.
While the $600 payments cannot be 追溯的ly applied to before the CARES act took effect, 对于3月29日之前开始的现有索赔者,不将$ 600应用于以后几周是不正确的。 CARES FPUC中没有要求个人可能尚未获得失业救济金或丧失资格。实际上,情况恰恰相反,600美元是 增加 to 现有利益.
IDES COVID常见问题解答还在其FPUC常见问题解答中说明了正确的解释: “谁有资格获得FPUC? FPUC支付给以下人士: otherwise eligible for 失业 benefitsfor weeks of 失业 beginning 2020年3月29日年 and ending July 31, 2020年“ //www2.illinois.gov/ides/Pages/COVID-FPUC-FAQ.aspx#h2
IDES provides no alternative method to apply for or receive federal assistance beyond applying for normal state 失业 benefits. After certifying for benefits through 4/18, [this claimant] still has not received additional payments from FPUC/CARES, even though the IDES website had indicated that FPUC would be included for eligible recipients with their normal benefits starting 四月 6th:
“$ 600联邦加价现已推出! Those claimants certifying beginning 四月 6 will see the additional supplemental income applied to their weekly benefit amount. This 增加 is available through the week ending July 25, 2020年.” //www2.illinois.gov/ides/Pages/default.aspx
Due to the fact that [this claimant] has seen no additional $600 materialize, and the IDES changed the wording in their 四月 15th PDF格式 , it seems they may have mistakenly adjusted the policy to not grant the $600 to recipients in this situation. IDES had not previously stated that claimants had to wait until after March 29 to apply to get FPUC —实际上,他们表示相反:人们应该正常申请,而且一旦制定并实施,他们就会开始看到额外的资金。
CARES FPUC准则: C.使用说明书。 1. Eligibility for FPUC. 对于个人 收到FPUC,适用状态必须 have a signed 与部门达成协议。 FPUC支付给根据州有其他权利的个人 or federal law to 连续数周失业可获得定期UC (including Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE)and 失业 Compensation for 前服务会员(UCX))。 FPUC还应支付给接受 失业之后 compensation 程序:PEUC,PUA,EB,短时 Compensation (STC), Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), Disaster 失业 援助(DUA),以及自雇援助(SEA)下的付款 program. A 州法律的数量包括规定 延长潜在的利益期限 在高峰期 经认可的培训工作使个人精疲力尽的失业 利益或其他各种原因。 尽管一些州法律将其称为 计划中的“附加利益”,美国商务部使用“附加利益”(AB) 避免与 Federal-State EB 程序。 FPUC is not payable to 接受AB付款的个人。 2. FPUC资格以及与其他类型的福利金的关系。 个人收到 FPUC付款与上述那些计划下的付款同时进行. Refer to UIPL 14-20, 冠状病毒援助,救济和经济安全(CARES)法案 2020 –Summary of Key 失业 Insurance (UI) Provisions and Guidance 关于临时紧急状态人员配备的灵活性,已发布 April 2, 2020年, for 有关FPUC如何与根据以下规定授权的其他程序交互的其他信息 CARES法案。执行签约后一周无法立即支付福利的州 与部门运营程序的协议必须提供 retroactive 向有资格获得FPUC资格的个人支付的本金。
Many of my clients are 自雇人士 (they file Schedule SE to pay payroll taxes on their income tax returns, rather than receiving a W-2 as an employee), and 那里fore are not required to pay into the state’的失业基金 伊利诺伊州Department of Employment Security。这也意味着不允许他们利用失业制度。
然后考虑以下事实:大多数国家失业计算机系统在技术方面都是古老的。许多实际上是用COBOL编写的,COBOL是1960年代广泛使用的语言。因此,当这些程序中断时,’有很多软件开发人员可以修复它们— to the extent that IBM实际上是向计算机程序员提供免费的COBOL类 (甚至是初学者),希望他们能帮助其中一些机构。它’已经足够努力使用这些旧系统…但要对其进行重新编程,以接受完全不同的应用程序,文档和工作流程(自雇人士不会’(有工资单或W-2来证明收入)本身就是一个巨大的大修项目。 (他们不’没时间去做,因为索赔已经飙升,不堪重负,人手不足。)
So you can imagine my shock and thrill when I received the email below last night! Blue Cross Blue Shield of 伊利诺伊州is actually relaxing the eligibility requirements for currently-enrolled group members, at least through 四月 30th: this includes staff who are laid off, are on a leave of absence, are furloughed, or are working fewer hours. The relief will last at least through 四月 30th.
他们还为以前拒绝参保以现在可以加入公司健康保险计划的员工,或为参保员工添加家属开放特殊的入学时间。这是谁可能已经谁刚刚失去工作的配偶所涵盖的工作人员非常有帮助。但是,这些人不’不能获得我上面提到的相同的灵活性(这完全是荒谬的,但是无论如何— I don’写下这些规则;如果由我决定,我们’d全部在单一付款人系统上)。
From now through 四月 30, 雇主s can maintain employees who were enrolled on their plans as of March 20, regardless of the eligibility definition stated in their plan or the BPA.
这包括减少工作时间,休假,请假或裁员。
团体不需要做任何事情。无需文书工作或电子邮件,因为我们将接受最新且准确的资格文件。
这种灵活性不适用于那些在特殊入学期限内新选择保险的人(请参阅下文)。
特殊入学时间 We are also offering groups an optional special enrollment period from March 30 to 四月 30. This would apply to eligible employees and their dependents who previously declined coverage and now want to enroll, or currently enrolled employees who wish to add an eligible spouse or dependent to their existing coverage.
必须在5月1日(星期五)或之前收到适用的注册变更。
Effective date of coverage will be the group’s standard coverage effective date/billing date – for most groups this will be 四月 1.
问:如果我怎么办 quit my job because I am generally concerned over the 新冠肺炎 virus? 通常在没有充分理由归因于雇主的情况下自愿离职的个人通常不具备获得UI的资格。个人在这种情况下的资格取决于他或她的案件的事实是否表明该个人有充分的理由辞职以及该原因可归因于雇主。个人通常有责任做出合理的努力与他或她的雇主合作,以解决导致个人考虑辞职的任何问题。
问:我将Gusto用作工资服务。确保我的员工有资格失业之前,我有哪些选择?’能使每个人重新工作? 答:您有两个主要选择: 1) 解雇 您在Gusto的所有休假员工,以便他们可以申请失业—Gusto将保存所有数据,并且一旦您能够将它们保留在系统中 录用。要重新招聘:去人–>显示被解雇的人(右列)–> Select employee –>在右侧的“操作”下,单击“rehire employee”. –如果您解雇了Gusto的一名员工,那么您将不再需要支付月费来将他们保留在工资系统中。 –请记住,解雇员工时,您必须向福利协调员或健康保险公司报告该员工已被解雇。这使他们有资格获得18个月的COBRA。 COBRA允许他们保留在团体计划中,并向公司偿还费用(加上管理费)。 但是,许多员工负担不起这样做,因为他们’刚才已经失去了工作。 (拼命地试图避免沉迷于这是如此的愚蠢,并希望我们有一个由单人纳税支持的全民医疗体系。) 幸运的是,所有COBRA付款安排都发生在薪资和健康保险系统之外。您可以与员工协商任何您想要的安排,只要他们都得到公平对待。因此,如果公司能够并且希望在员工休假期间支付健康保险费用,他们可以。如果他们希望员工继续只支付员工百分比,而不是全部费用,则可以。或者,如果他们想提供全部或部分费用,但要推迟员工’在公司重新营业之前可以付款,然后他们才能恢复工作,这也是您可以选择的选择。只要确保跟踪责任并书面记录协议即可。 2)另一种选择是使他们以零或非常低的工资率保持在工资单上。一些雇主将工资保持在恰好足够高的水平,以使雇员能够从工资中扣留部分健康保险福利。但是,申请失业并非易事,他们可能仅有资格获得部分福利。但是他们应该能够证明工资降低了或为零,并解释说由于业务因COVID-19隔离订单而放缓而被休假,并根据IDES法规被相应地视为失业或部分失业。 – One benefit of this approach is that they do not use up any of their 18 months of COBRA, and it allows you to easily have them pick up a shift or an odd job here or 那里. –这使员工有资格获得最高 2周带薪病假(或照顾带薪家庭成员或因休学而必须在家接受教育的孩子的部分带薪假),以及另外10个星期的带薪部分家庭病假 —由联邦政府偿还给雇主,形式为可退还的工资单。 –Gusto还为有需要的人提供了延期或免除月薪处理费的选项。