Some blame unemployment insurance. Others point to hospitality workers demanding more empowerment and better pay. The reality is a complex flurry of factors at play.
At least 24 red states are starting to end their federal jobless benefits within weeks.
The moves will impact 4 million people on unemployment, with about half losing all government aid.
The Labor Department has concluded it has limited authority to step in to keep aid flowing.
Almost half of all US states have decided to end their participation in federal unemployment benefits, setting up some workers to receive drastically reduced payments and others without any federal relief coming through the door.
Twenty-four GOP-run states are moving to slash federal unemployment benefits within weeks, citing a so-called labor shortage and lack of hiring. Governors in those states are ending programs set up in the early in the pandemic, which added federal cash onto state unemployment checks and extended the weeks people were eligible for aid. Nebraska was the latest to pull the plug on all stimulus jobless aid programs, on Tuesday.
Florida To End Weekly Unemployment Benefits In June: Here s Why
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Jobless Americans in Florida will no longer receive weekly payments starting June 26
A recent jobs report showed there are more than 460,000 job openings in the state
Florida will still keep other unemployment benefit programs
Florida announced Monday the state will stop paying $300 weekly unemployment benefits to jobless residents starting June 26.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program (FPUC), which gives $300 weekly to unemployed residents, will be suspended as the state hopes to fill half a million job vacancies.
An April jobs report showed there are more than 460,000 job openings in Florida. Employment in the private sector also increased by 18,800 jobs.
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