The federal benefit in the US is +$600 a week, yeah?
Even before my Unemployment benefits, I'd be making more money doing that than working. Add on the UI payment, and I'd be doing much better on unemployment -- and not have to actually work, to boot. I could be further ahead financially being on UI and get paid to shitpost on the farms and twitter all day.
That's the sad thing. With news of the $600 Federal add-on, Unemployment suddenly became more attractive than working for a large number of people. As I probably said before, I can understand making people whole during a period of unemployment that may last indefinitely through nobody's fault. However, It would have been better to cap unemployment benefits at say 90-95% of one's weekly wages (definitely not more than 100%) to strike a balance between helping claimants pay bills during the pandemic-induced joblessness and enough of a disincentive that encourages them to go back to work when recalled as opposed to wanting to remain on unemployment for as long as possible.
I know every state is different but I found this from New Jersey. Refusing to work because you are scared of covid-19 will result in loss of benefits.
Doing some digging, I found a PDF that states anyone refusing work in Michigan is disqualified and loses up to 13 weeks in future benefits unless they requalify. While a claimant could argue that going back to work would pose a safety risk, they might have the burden of proof to show that their employer is not following safety procedures. Even with COVID-19 being a concern, I'd like to think this would be an uphill battle at best. Unfortunately, claimants occasionally get justified denials overturned.
The proposed UBI law here in spain also has that specific term saying if you get caught rejecting jobs while on it you will loose your UBI benefits... USA would be really stupid not to add it. And your politicians may be quite tardy at times, but I think the republicans already noticed.
I doubt any UBI that ever got awarded in the US would include a work requirement. At one point, President Trump wanted to reform welfare by including minimal requirements of work or education/training -- with generous exceptions -- for most recipients in return for benefits. In response, activists REEd that such requirements were unreasonable and filed lawsuits to block those requirements. Here, UBI would be one step towards the continued dumbing down of America. The Democrats would rather reward NEETS than those with a work ethic.
Ms. Huff has indeed a cease-and-desist order, and is praying and consulting her lawyer on what to do now.
While I feel for anyone who is ineligible for financial assistance and has zero money coming in right now, the most horrifying part of that article was this quote:
CeleryStallks' Cited Article said:
Despite the mounting unrest in her state, Whitmer has held firm on her stay-at-home orders – telling ABC’s “The View” on Wednesday that the protests make it more likely that her orders will have to be extended past the May 28 deadline.
Unless there are COVID-19 cases directly traceable to anyone protesting, why does any part of the state need further extension of the stay at home orders solely because people exercised their right to protest
? Whitmer's response comes across more as a butt-hurt, vengeful response to the protests and less of a reasonable plan of action for one or more regions of the state -- especially in light of both the recent graphic posted here showing Michigan may already be on a downward turn and the case and death rates specific to my area.
