The self-employed, gig workers and others must wait longer for their unemployment applications to go through after a bug was detected in the Connecticut Department of Labor's system.  The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program  is an entirely new system that had to be stood up from scratch.  Connecticut Chief Operating Officer Josh Geballe said the DOL hopes “to have it fixed and ready to launch soon.”

Last week, Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby said the final application process would be available by the middle of this week. The glitch has delayed the second part of the application process.  No word on the new timeline. 

The federal government passed the PUA benefit program to help those who work for themselves because historically, they've never been eligible for unemployment.