Headline from Wisconsin State Journal, 6/29/2021
Republicans and some of the state's largest business organizations have taken aim at enhanced federal benefits, which are slated to run through Sept. 6, as creating a a disincentive to work and exacerbates ongoing workforce shortage challenges. Democratic lawmakers and some business groups have defended the benefits as much-needed assistance to those who are unable to find work or are reluctant to return to the workforce amid the ongoing pandemic.
New York Times, 6/27/2021
Work-force development officials said they had seen virtually no uptick in applicants since the governor’s announcement, which ended a $300 weekly supplement to other benefits. And the online job site Indeed found that in states that have abandoned the federal benefits, clicks on job postings were below the national average.
Of course, it’s early. But conversations with employers who are hunting for workers and people who are hunting for jobs in the St. Louis area revealed stark differences in expectations and assumptions about what a day’s work is worth. [emphasis added]
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