It’s not just the extended state benefits, are there not federal bonus benefits as well, on top of state benefits?
That’s correct, it’s the combination of the two. Combined it works out to about $17 an hour to sit home so people won’t come back to work. I’m in Fort Walton Beach and most fast food places only have the drive through open, they don’t have enough workers to open the inside dining room. Other places will have shortened hours like 11-7, one eight hour shift because they don’t have workers to do two shifts.
We’re just starting the tourist season so it’s going to be bad if something isn’t done.