Posted on 05/17/2021 5:46:06 PM PDT by kiryandil
Indiana will drop out of the federal program providing an extra $300 in weekly payments to unemployed workers and other programs that expanded unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor announced Monday.
The changes taking effect June 19 could cut off or reduce unemployment benefits to more than 220,000 people. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an executive order last week that reinstates a requirement that those receiving unemployment benefits will again have to show they are actively searching for work as of June 1.
The changes come as many businesses blame the extra $300 weekly payment and the ease of obtaining unemployment benefits with making it more difficult to fill job openings.
At least a dozen other states led by Republican governors have already announced they will stop paying the extra $300 benefit as soon as June or July.
Indiana is also ending its participation in a federal program that made gig workers and the self-employed eligible for assistance for the first time and another that provides extra weeks of aid.
Holcomb said jobs are available around the state and pointed to Indiana’s 3.9% unemployment rate for April, which was down from the pandemic peak of 16.9% a year earlier.
“I am hearing from multiple sector employers that they want and need to hire more Hoosiers to grow,” Holcomb said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at wgntv.com ...
I looked around a little before I posted the Texas article, but didn't see anything.
“reinstates a requirement that those receiving unemployment benefits will again have to show they are actively searching for work”
That requirement should never have been suspended.
The Horror!
Happened earlier last week
The media has been slow to catch up with it since it was All About Liz for a week
“Liz the War Whore Lizard”
Get a haircut and get a real job.
“That requirement should never have been suspended.”
Really? For the past year the government shut down businesses. Where could folks find a job? How do you report that?
What a racist way to celebrate Juneteenth! [sarc]
Good move. The blue states will hold out to the bitter end.
From February through September, I applied for 298 open positions.
They said Californee is the place you oughta be,
so he loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly,
Hills, that is....
You’re welcome. I heard it on the evening TV news out of Lafayette, Indiana, and your Texas post gave me the venue to add the Hoosier state. Thanks for the article from WGN.
Did they hire you?
Yes, one did - and I was actively searching the whole time.
Alright all you meth heads and slackers! Time to get the couch and get a job.
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