Many small business owners say coronavirus aid may not spark additional hiring
“...Meanwhile, the unemployment aid included in the government’s relief package has made it more difficult to rehire because many workers are making more with unemployment checks.
“The National Federation for Independent Business (NFIB) is pushing the government to make it easier for loans to be forgiven.
“The group wants the SBA to eliminate the requirement that 75 percent be spent on payroll, or at least reduce it to 50 percent. It also wants the rehiring window extended beyond eight weeks and is pushing for a “good faith” provision that would credit companies for trying to rehire workers who prefer unemployment aid instead.
so, here’s how to solve the problem of those that ‘prefer unemployment’
Once the area opens up, reduce unemployment payments to pre-pandemic levels, and institute the rest of the rules for unemployment - that is, one must look for work and prove they are searching. Declining a same wage/same position offer from their last employer is grounds for losing unemployment.
New York state rescinds DNR order for cardiac patients amid coronavirus crisis
New York City’s Fire Department (FDNY) and first responders never adopted the DNR order and instead adhered to the traditional 20-minute policy.
Seems to me that there's this complicating little factor of needing to be open to have a reason to hire anyone.
Who's going to hire someone for a business which currently has no customers?
The gravy train is going to get filled with people who get used to those unemployment checks.