Unemployment insurance: report: self-employed individuals.

Existing law establishes the Employment Development Department (EDD) within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to perform various functions and duties, including administering the federal-state unemployment insurance program and the disability insurance program. Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits to eligible individuals who meet specified requirements. Existing law provides for elective coverage for employers and self-employed individuals. This bill would require the EDD to conduct a feasibility study, as specified, that examines the idea of extending unemployment insurance benefits to self-employed individuals and reports on what actions are necessary to implement the expansion. The bill would require the EDD to complete and submit the feasibility study to the Legislature and the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement by December 1, 2023.