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by 1123581321 1805 days ago
The problem is the extra federal payment on top of state UI and the extended benefit period. Those aren’t connected to income or employer unemployment insurance premiums.
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Aren't those only temporary emergency Covid relief funds put in place in order to limit the impact on the economy and hope to restart it?
Yes. They are the subject of this thread because they are a significant portion of the unemployment lower-to-middle income employees receive. They are worth discussing because, as you note, part of their goal is to avoid a protracted economic recovery, but they are having a counterproductive side effect.