The supposed safety catch is that if they are called back to work and refuse to go, the benefits stop short.
While I was out for 6 weeks while I waited to be able to go back to work, our business had weekly meetings on Zoom. During one of those early meetings, my boss informed us that he knew we might make more than we normally do using unemployment insurance. However, he did say this when we were able to get back to work, and we refused, it’d be considered quitting, and if we continued to try to receive UI, he’d inform the Employment Security Dept. that we were no longer eligible.
Makes perfect sense to me. As it was, I did apply for and received unemployment. We are now back to work, granted in a limited capacity. Everyone came back.