Extra benefits for unemployed ending in Mississippi: What it means for businesses, jobseekers Leah Willingham
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JACKSON, Miss. Katrina Folks says she has tried everything she can think of to find work since losing her job in September because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 39-year-old mother from Hattiesburg used to do data entry at a law firm, and she has health issues that require her to work from home.
She said she has been doing three interviews a week and bought WiFi and a computer to try to make herself a stronger job candidate. But she hasn t been able to find work that will accommodate her weekly doctor’s appointments.
One state reckons with ending pay boost for 90,000 unemployed residents
May 31, 2021 / 11:18 AM / AP Gig workers to lose unemployment benefits
Jackson, Mississippi Katrina Folks says she has tried everything she can think of to find work since losing her job in September because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 39-year-old mother from Hattiesburg used to do data entry at a law firm, and she has health issues that require her to work from home. She said she has been doing three interviews a week and bought WiFi and a computer to try to make herself a stronger job candidate. But she hasn t been able to find work that will accommodate her weekly doctor s appointments.
Mississippi reckons with ending pay boost for the unemployed
LEAH WILLINGHAM, Associated Press/Report for America
May 31, 2021
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1of14A forklift driver moves a pallet of cardboard boxes at Great Southern Industries, a packaging company in Jackson, Miss., says Friday, May 28, 2021. Charita McCarrol, human resources manager at the company, says that she has seen a lot of people abusing the $300-a-week federal supplement for people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other programs that offered extended support for the unemployed. She also cited the pool of needed certified and experienced forklift drivers and other positions are limited because of the said abuse.Rogelio V. Solis/APShow MoreShow Less
The effects of the pandemic are still with us, writes <strong>Gene Marks</strong>, creating a problem of supply and demand. It makes sense to pay workers more
It is a phenomenon with its roots in the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Many businesses were forced to shut down and send employees home, and the federal government began providing funds to supplement state unemployment checks.
Florida was one of the first states to reopen, and business owners eager to turn a profit and recoup losses rushed to beef up their work force and return to normalcy.
But with other states slower to open, stimulus dollars continued to flow from the U.S. Treasury. Even though federal unemployment insurance payments have been cut from $600 to $300, a Floridian who qualifies for maximum state benefits of $275 still can make $575 a week.