I run my own company so no unemployment for me. I'm Ok... my clients own 8 buildings that i take care of as a contractor, so always something happening...haha cheers
I do need it and I think I would be eligible, but I've done it before, back in 2008, when the only other option was to starve. I never want to go through that again.
I found the process so bureaucratically difficult and full of built in obstacles - and then with a four month wait - that I attempted suicide before the money was granted.
Weirdly, the money arrived three days after I was released from hospital.
My job has not been cut back nor changed very much, and my paycheck is largely (about 97.599999%) intact. My wife, however, has been grounded for over a month now, her hours are zero a as such, so is her paycheck. She has already filed for unemployment, yes.