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Believe me I understand that some lives and businesses were destroyed by the shutdown.

But as DAC21 points out there are employers who can’t get people to come back to work either.

I am an example:

Back in late July I fell down a client’s stairs and broke my ankle. Needed surgery and now am non-weight bearing for 6 weeks. I called one employee to comeback to work. She refused because she didn’t want to “mess up her unemployment.” In her case I can honestly say she missed out on close to $800 per week or more with tips. She left me in the awkward position of having to cancel those clients and help them locate another service provider. Which now equals lost clients! Sure, I will recover from this set-back too, but needless to say I am pissed. And no she doesn’t have a job to come back too when the unemployment finally runs out. Option #2 is to report her. She could have come off unemployment for 6 weeks and by then we’d be heading deep into the holiday run. Covid strikes again...she would be furloughed and could collect.

I needed her help to keep the company turning a profit, instead she cost me profits. SMH.

I believe you, and DAC21, that many won’t return as it’s not incentizived. I would far prefer everything opens completely, and we return to “normal”. That’s going to take longer than November, and we need to win as the number one priority.

Also, for every story like yours, there’s one where the person has no job to return to.

My original point was how DAC21 essentially, in my opinion, called everyone lazy that was getting UI benefits. Maybe I took it wrong.

Many people are taking UI for the first time in their life after putting in for 10,20,30 years. Those people will always be a net benefit to society, at least economically.

I called one employee to comeback to work. She refused because she didn’t want to “mess up her unemployment.” In her case I can honestly say she missed out on close to $800 per week or more with tips. She left me in the awkward position of having to cancel those clients and help them locate another service provider. Which now equals lost clients! Sure, I will recover from this set-back too, but needless to say I am pissed. And no she doesn’t have a job to come back too when the unemployment finally runs out. Option #2 is to report her. She could have come off unemployment for 6 weeks and by then we’d be heading deep into the holiday run. Covid strikes again...she would be furloughed and could collect.

Report her to whoever handles your State's UI! If she refused to return to work, she is INELIGIBLE for unemployment benefits. You, as the employer, are at minimum morally obligated to report her, and in many States, legally required to as well.