Republicans reinstate work-search requirement for unemployment
May 19, 2021 4:04 PM Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Republican legislators reinstated a requirement Wednesday that unemployed people look for work in order to qualify for benefits, advancing part of a broader GOP effort to alleviate a statewide worker shortage.
The Legislature’s Republican-controlled rules committee voted to reinstate the requirement beginning Sunday, pushing aside Democratic members’ complaints that the move is premature and won’t help employers fill vacancies.
“It’s not onerous to ask people to look for work while receiving unemployment benefits,” committee co-chairman Rep. Adam Neylon, a Republican from Pewaukee, said during a hearing ahead of the vote. “We’re trying to be responsive to the conditions out there. What we hear is we need more workers.”
$300 unemployment bonus: Wisconsin Republicans want it to end
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Wisconsin Republicans want to end $300 unemployment bonus
Wisconsin Republicans want to end the federal unemployment supplement, which they said Tuesday hurts businesses that are struggling to fill vacancies.
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Republicans want to end the $300-per-week federal unemployment supplement, which they said Tuesday hurts businesses that are struggling to fill vacancies as customers return amid a loosening of coronavirus restrictions.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) unveiled a bill to get rid of the unemployment add-on. Wisconsin Democrats said it would be reckless and could slow down the recovery.
Vos said businesses were not just competing with one another now, but also the couch because the higher unemployment benefits make people unmotivated to find a job.
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