Funny that she said she "makes" money collecting unemployment. I'm guessing she hasn't worked a whole lot.
Maybe she said 'gets more money' and by the time it traveled through the grapevine...
Dang, man. Guess it is going to be hard to find cheap labor for a while, until the benefits run out. Make more on unemployment with the COVID bonus and don't have to take a chance on the covid thing. Tough decision, eh?
I thought it was extended to 2021
Did they really? Well that's still only about 6 months and as long as jobs & life get back to normal as everyone hopes.....sooner or later it will end. Then she'll be out of a UE check, and a job...….shooting herself in the foot
And if the unemployment office were to find out, her unemployment check would suddenly shoot all the way to zero...
That's what I thought, i'll look it up later
There should be a reporting line for this.
I worked through the shutdown (and turned down jobs) because I have "essential skills" (meaning I missed out on that $600/wk "bonus"), but I agree with the people that got laid off or lost their jobs getting help.
That will be here before you know it. We are almost into the month of June now and you know what has been said forever now, "There ain't no time like the present." In other words, you better score that job now while its still available.
When on regular unemployment benefits you cannot refuse viable work. And viable doesn't mean you have to accept minimum wage employment if you've been earning significantly more than that, you can hold out for work that is more in alignment with your skillset and compensation rate, I just can't recall the percentage at the moment. If you do refuse to return to work you risk losing your benefits and having to pay some or all of the money back particularly if you've lied to them about not having refused an offer of work, among other things which is considered fraud. And you are supposed to be looking for work as well.
Actually, as the stay at home orders are being lifted, people ARE being required to look for work, and and accept suitable employment...When on regular unemployment benefits you cannot refuse viable work. And viable doesn't mean you have to accept minimum wage employment if you've been earning significantly more than that, you can hold out for work that is more in alignment with your skillset and compensation rate, I just can't recall the percentage at the moment. If you do refuse to return to work you risk losing your benefits and having to pay some or all of the money back particularly if you've lied to them about not having refused an offer of work, among other things which is considered fraud. And you are supposed to be looking for work as well.
While we are under a stay at home order this has all changed. No one is required to look for work and I don't think accept work either because they want everyone to stay at home. That's why they're giving the $600.00/wk basically to encourage people to stay at home by providing them with the means to help them do without a job until we can get past the pandemic.
600.00/wk is the equivalent of working 40 hours a week at $15.00/hr. So for people who were earning only minimum wage, this money due to the pandemic is a windfall. For those earning around $15.00/hr this is 100% income replacement which is not normally what unemployment does - it provides around 20-25% of your normal weekly income.
Bottom line though, there is absolutely nothing wrong with anyone accepting the government's money to help them out since it is a government policy that is prevenint people from being able to go to work.
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Actually, since a lot of businesses won't reopen, you can expect the job market to tighten up as people return to work...
