The CARES Act makes state unemployment benefits available to self-employed, freelance, independent contractor and other gig workers unemployed or underemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CARES Act provided emergency stimulus to businesses, families, and unemployed workers. cbies for iStockphoto; Canva In just a few months in early 2020, the entire world changed.

Approximately 10,000 employers never paid the Social Security taxes they have deferred ever since the 2020 pandemic, ...