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Business leaders and their Republican allies have been complaining for months that federal unemployment benefits aimed at helping employees thrown out of work by COVID-19 â which began last year at $600 per week and have since been reduced to $300 â offer some unemployed workers more than they could earn by returning to work.
President Joe Biden said Monday he doesnât believe Americans are shirking work on a widespread basis. However, he also reminded workers they must follow the rules for receiving unemployment checks.
Georgia could cut jobless benefits to push more toward work
JEFF AMY, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, file photo, then-Republican candidate for Georgia commissioner of labor, Mark Butler, center, talks to supporters during an election-night party, in Atlanta. Butler, Georgia’s labor commissioner, says he’s considering cutting federal benefits to workers in an effort to push them back to work. Butler and Gov Brian Kemp met Monday, May 10, 2021, and discussed possibilities such as cutting the $300-a-week federal supplement to unemployed workers or cutting off federal benefits to people not usually eligible for state unemployment.John Amis/AP
Georgia could cut unemployment benefits to push more toward work
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Georgia Department of Labor considers addressing labor shortage by cutting federal benefits
The Georgia Labor Commissioner said people currently getting unemployment are making the equivalent of roughly $14 per hour. State leaders could announce changes in federal benefits in the coming days.
ATLANTA - After announcing last week that he plans to require people receiving unemployment benefits to resume searching for work, Georgia’s labor commissioner now says he’s considering cutting federal benefits to workers in an effort to push them back into the workforce.
Kersha Cartwright, a spokesperson for elected Republican Mark Butler, said Butler and Gov. Brian Kemp met on Monday and discussed possibilities such as cutting the $300-a-week federal supplement to unemployed workers or cutting off special federal benefits to people not usually eligible for state unemployment.
After announcing last week that he plans to require people receiving unemployment benefits to resume searching for work, Georgia’s labor commissioner now says he’s considering cutting federal benefits to workers in an effort to push them back into the workforce.
Kersha Cartwright, a spokesperson for elected Republican Mark Butler, said Butler and Gov. Brian Kemp met on Monday and discussed possibilities such as cutting the $300-a-week federal supplement to unemployed workers or cutting off special federal benefits to people not usually eligible for state unemployment.
“I think the governor’s office and the commissioner are agreed that a major reduction in some programs, if not all programs, is needed,” Cartwright told The Associated Press. “Everything’s on the table for discussion.”
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Cartwright told The Hill that Kemp and Butler were still working to prepare the entire plan, but said a decision regarding the reduced benefits could come as soon as Friday.
A spokesperson for Kemp, Mallory Blount, told the AP “to expect final decisions on timing and other specifics in the coming days.”
The AP reported that Butler is within his legal authority to cut off federal benefits. He could also decrease the income a person makes while still qualifying for federal benefits.
Several other states such as Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas and Montana have also withdrawn from the $300-a-week federal assistance boost, which conservatives say is keeping people from reentering the labor market.