Title: $600 A Week Unemployment Benefits Unlikely To Be Extended
Headings: $600 A Week Unemployment Benefits Unlikely To Be Extended
$600 A Week Unemployment Benefits Unlikely To Be Extended
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Content: Will Unemployment Benefits Be Extended? This week, another 2.1 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits, bringing the total to more than 40 million Americans who are unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to regular unemployment benefits, the CARES Act - the $2.2 trillion financial stimulus package - provides supplemental employment benefits of $600 a week that are scheduled to expire on July 31, 2020. Will they be extended? House Democrats passed the Heroes Act, a new stimulus bill that would extend additional unemployment benefits. However, not everyone supports the extension. For example, business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce want their members to open their businesses with furloughed employees and new hires. Their concern is this: extending unemployment benefits may provide a disincentive to return to work, which also can create a longer-term unemployment issue. So, they are asking Congress to consider an alternative to more unemployment benefits, including even a financial bonus for workers to return to work.