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Johnny2X2X

(21,680 posts)
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 08:28 AM Jun 2021

Whitmer to use UE benefits to incentivize work

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/14/michigan-use-federal-300-unemployment-bonus-back-work-incentive/7685662002/

Instead of just cutting people off for a minimal effect on the worker shortage, she's using the federal money to help workers and employers alike, just very smart and well done.

People are finding out the hard way that displaced workers aren't just waiting around for their former employer to call, they've moved on, some have left the work force, others moved to other regions. The companies that did everything possible to not lay people off last year now have a competitive advantage over the ones that laid people off thinking they would be easy to call back when business picked up.

The worker shortage is real and it's not going away anytime soon. And this is a good thing for workers, this is creating serious upward pressure on wages. We may not get a $15 minimum wage right away, but the pressure is strong enough that companies paying less than that just aren't going to be able to find workers.
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Whitmer to use UE benefits to incentivize work (Original Post) Johnny2X2X Jun 2021 OP
Good for her...... HUAJIAO Jun 2021 #1
... Xoan Jun 2021 #2
Yup, she's smart Johnny2X2X Jun 2021 #3

Xoan

(25,424 posts)
2. ...
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 09:58 AM
Jun 2021
But the governor is working with the Legislature to change the law in order to provide bonuses for any new employee hired by a business through a workshare program, not just those previously employed who are brought back. Leddy said additional details would be available later this week.

Johnny2X2X

(21,680 posts)
3. Yup, she's smart
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:54 AM
Jun 2021

The Federal Government provided these funds and she's going to use every penny of it to help Michigan workers.

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