I am self-employed. So I had to file PUA as I was turned down for the SBA loan.
That extra $600 per week is more than I pay myself normally. So yeah...I can see why people don’t want to go back to work. I have maintained part-time level work though and am collecting unemployment minus my part-time wages, but plus the $600.
My plans for that extra $2400 per month since March?
It’s debatable given the current climate in the United States. The money is supposed to stop the end of July. But, the pandemic is raging again in a number of areas. Plus all the restrictions for me to go to work for someone else has me worried. I don’t think I can bring myself to head out into a crowd for a job that may ultimately kill me. My business, I get to work mostly alone with animals.
Suitable work, is the requirement that’s been waived too. That may change as well very soon. Employers are being told to report people who refuse to come back. Most employers I know...simply won’t. They are taking the stand the job was offered and refused...you’ll be replaced sooner or later.
So, that nearly extra $12000, is sitting in the bank. I have a feeling I am going to need it to live on in the back half of the year.
Employers are being told to report people who refuse to come back. Most employers I know...simply won’t. They are taking the stand the job was offered and refused...you’ll be replaced sooner or later.””
I have been a payroll supervisor in the past—with 750 on the weekly payroll.
Those “Employers’ need an education.
They have a responsibility to report a person who refuses to come back to work.
They may still have to replace that employee-—but the EMPLOYER can prevent the bad employee from getting paid when they should NOT be paid unemployment.