6 hours agoBiden: Unemployed people refusing to take a job will lose assistance
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)United States President Joe Biden stood up Monday for critics who say the expanded unemployment benefits envisioned in the draft law on relief measures by COVID-19 adopted in March are preventing Americans from filling new jobs. Biden said the administration would remind states [...]
Biden said the administration will remind states this week that any unemployed American to whom a suitable job is offered should accept it or risk losing unemployment assistance.
He is also instructing the Labour Department to work with states to restore the obligation that those who receive unemployment benefits must prove that they are looking for work actively.
“If you are receiving unemployment assistance and you are offered adequate employment, you cannot refuse that job and simply continue to receive benefits of unemployment”, Biden said.
Republican lawmakers blamed poor employment figures last week for the democratic president's decision to provide enhanced unemployment benefits by August.
Some Republican governors have cancelled extended benefits, using the additional funds for other purposes. /voa
