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NJ Employers Struggling For Workers, End Unemployment Boost?

It s an honest question. If New Jersey businesses, particularly small businesses, are providing incentive after incentive in an effort to entice people into coming back to work, could the unemployment boost from the government be why? According to the United States Chamber of Commerce, that s exactly what it is. Get our free mobile app In a statement released last week, the Chamber s Executive Vice President said that the extra $300 provided by the government to those out of work during the pandemic has resulted in a quarter of all those still without employment bringing home more money than they did while working. Personally, I feel like there are two things that need to be said about that.

Chamber calls on states to scrap $300 boost to jobless benefits

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce called Friday for states to stop offering a $300 weekly boost to unemployment insurance payments in the wake of April s below-expectations jobs report. The influential business trade group argued that the additional support for jobless workers is preventing Americans from seeking employment and should be pulled back before it is set to expire in September. “The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market,” said Chamber Executive Vice President Neil Bradley. ADVERTISEMENT “We need a comprehensive approach to dealing with our workforce issues and the very real threat unfilled positions poses to our economic recovery from the pandemic.”

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