Title: New Proposal Would Extend $600 Unemployment Benefit Indefinitely Until Coronavirus Crisis Ends
Headings: New Proposal Would Extend $600 Unemployment Benefit Indefinitely Until Coronavirus Crisis Ends
New Proposal Would Extend $600 Unemployment Benefit Indefinitely Until Coronavirus Crisis Ends
Worker Relief and Security Act Provisions:
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Content: It’s essential to support an economic recovery. The Worker Relief and Security Act is important because it guarantees that the CARES Act’s critical unemployment benefits will remain in place for however long they’re needed,” she added. Chances Of Passing: Democrats and other proponents argued in March that the enhanced unemployment benefits were needed to help enforce stay-at-home orders and social distancing and buffer against job losses; however, opponents have noted the perverse incentives that the magnitude of benefits could create, with individuals potentially getting paid more for staying home rather than returning to work, which could harm the speed of recovery. “If the intention was to get people back to work, they’re not doing it,” celebrity chef Tom Colicchio said. “ They’re not going to come back to work because unemployment is too attractive.” Some Republicans have been vocal in their opposition to additional unemployment benefits. " I promise you over our dead bodies will this get reauthorized," Senator Lindsey Graham remarked. " If a person is making $23 an hour on unemployment, it's going to be hard to get you go back to work for a $17 hour job."