Goodness, when unemployment “benefits” are extended indefinitely, is it accurate to keep calling it “unemployment”? Shouldn’t it be called “non employment” or something?
FUBO GTFO ! 499 Days until Noon Jan 20, 2013 - Hell Yes, change is coming!
My husband took part in this program after 13 mills in our three county area moved to Brazil in 2007 through 2009.
This is a company’s welfare program. They get free labor and the worker gets less than minimum wage. These jobs are mindless jobs, and most companies are not looking for any new “employees”, but they’ll sure take some free workers. But what they do (and who couldn’t see this coming?!?) is work the person for their 8 weeks, claim they don’t want them and turn around to pick another 8 weeks of free labor. All on the taxpayers back.
I’m for corporations, I’m for profits, but I also feel that we are at a standstill as long as companies are willing to abuse the system. For the life of me, I never understand the venom against those on food stamps or TANF but none held for the corporations making far more money off of government corporate welfare.
There is a large pool of unemployed, and all of them are hurting economically. I feel for them. But the long term unemployed..those who haven't been able to find a job..it's probably because they don't have the skills that employers need, or they're not the best possible employees. So the government, in it's infinite wisdom wants to provide an economic incentive for a business to hire someone who's most likely NOT the best possible candidate..
And we trust the word of state labor officials because...?
AS I read this, the state is paying these people for up to 8 weeks so they can work for an employer who might decide to hire them.
The employer isn’t paying their salaries directly, but this is sort of a ‘test period’ for everyone to judge & see if there is a good fit between the job-the employer-& the employee.
Teying to make the employer pay also would be a double dip.