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Texas Association of Business asks Gov. Abbott to stop accepting, distributing weekly $300 in federal aid Employers believe that supplemental UI benefit payments from Washington is disincentivizing work and resulting in many good Texas jobs going unfilled. Author: Reagan Roy Updated: 12:02 PM CDT May 13, 2021
TYLER, Texas The Texas Association of Business, along with 37 business associations and chambers of commerce, sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott and the Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, Bryan Daniel, asking them to consider ending Texas’s participation in the supplemental federal UI payment which stacks on top of standard unemployment insurance.
Employers are citing the $300 additional weekly federal stimulus payment as the biggest barrier to fill their job openings and some states have already announced they are ending participation in this program.
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George Kelemen of the
Texas Retailers Association says most business owners are keeping the mask requirement in order to protect the health of their employees. He says there s a concern about confrontations over the new rules.
Business owners have the right to require masks, and customers who refuse could face charges of criminal trespass. Kelemen says the business community has the backing of law enforcement in this matter.
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