Ridiculous.
After 90 days, they should have only the option to take a lesser job with the gov’t paying the difference between that paycheck and the former unemployment check.
To the extent that recalls to a former job are protected, those protections should continue for a specified period of time.
Really, though, if someone is an excellent worker, then they’ll get called back. Their name will be on someone’s list with a bullet.
Uh...no.
Stopped reading right there...
The problem is that in some specialties, it is very hard to even find openings. 2/3 of my department was permanently laid off, followed by layoffs in the same area at other companies.
It’s taken me 18 months to get to the point where I am on the verge of a serious job offer, despite many, many applications, calls and trips.
The idea of some income protection for people taking lesser jobs isn’t bad. It’s certainly better than paying people to sit on the sofa while they send out resumes.
What’s really annoying is the ban on taking classes while receiving unemployment. It would help with retraining and building new job skills.
Well, I can attest to those who are doing just that...I did. And not happily I might add..but it is much more "comfortable" looking for work while working then not at all. This job isn't close to what I had hoped for but I am adjusting to the "reality" that those positions I have held will not be opening up again any time soon....companies and business have found they are surviving well enough thru these times with the staff they have. Many are resorting to part-time workers for reasons we all know. Others are using Temporary Services when needed. Still it is sooooo much better bringing home a paycheck rather than what many are experiencing of not knowing from one day to the next when the cow will go dry.
I guess Ohio’s in better shape than NJ; anyone may go to the job-hunting sites to see what’s available here (or see online newspapers). There are a small number of jobs, compared to a huge amount of people either unemployed or working part-time. The presumption that there is SOME kind of work available is wrong.
When illegal aliens stop coming to your area, you know it has hit the fan; some of the ones that have been here for a while are moving out of the area. There isn’t even work doing the jobs “Americans won’t do”.
Why should the central government provide income for the unemployed at all?
I lost my job a year ago and immediately took a part-time $12/hr job as a delivery driver. I moved to a smaller place and purchased a used vehicle for $1200 to replace the company vehicle I had in my previous job.
People need to take personal responsibility.
We need to end the nanny state and return to federalism.