Here is a step-by-step guide to what you will need to apply and how to determine if you are eligible

from the Oregon Employment Department.”

Elliot Njus/The Oregonian

On April 28, 2020, the Oregon Employment Department launched a system for self-employed workers to apply for unemployment benefits.

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Oregon is offering a new benefit, the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, for the self-employed, independent contractors and gig workers, who previously were not eligible for benefits because their employers had not paid into the system. Congress authorized the new benefits.

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Here's a sneak peek at the application form you will need to fill out and send in.

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The World Health Organization declared the pandemic on March 11, 2020.

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Even more questions answered by the state here.

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