'Blindsided' with no backup plan and rents closing in: Laid-off NYC restaurant workers describe how their lives have changed as their industry collapses around them
But the New York unemployment website, overwhelmed by the number of applicants seeking financial relief, has been. Several restaurant workers said they had to apply multiple times over several days before were able to submit an application. And even then, they were left uncertain about whether their application had been approved and, if so, when they would receive a check and how much it would amount to.
Phillips said she has been able to keep her health benefits while put on furlough, but she seems to be the exception rather than the rule. Restaurant workers are less likely to have health benefits and"Benefits as a whole are pretty scarce in the restaurant industry," Barry said. "I'd say out of all of my friends that cook, maybe 15% have benefits, and some of them it's only the transit benefits, like the pre-tax Metrocard. PTO is not really a thing for us.
"Everyone's going crazy because we're people who are used to like literally running around on adrenaline for 10 to 12 hours a day and we're sitting on the floor like staring out the window, you know," Green said.
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