Nearly 36.5 million Americans have filed for unemployment since mid-March, and for many, the process of filing for benefits has been fraught with confusion, system crashes and delays.
The experience can be even more complex for workers who have more than one job or income stream impacted by the economic upheaval of the pandemic. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5.1% of workers over the age of 16, or more than 8 million people, held more than one job in 2019. By some estimates, more than half of U.S. millennial workers have a side hustle to bring in additional income, whether that’s starting their own business outside of their day job or selling goods and services online.
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