{"id":232045,"date":"2021-04-21T01:13:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T22:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/federal-relief-so-good-its-easier-to-stay-home-than-to-work\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T01:13:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T22:13:15","slug":"federal-relief-so-good-its-easier-to-stay-home-than-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/federal-relief-so-good-its-easier-to-stay-home-than-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"#Federal ‘relief’ so good it’s easier to stay home than to work"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Federal ‘relief’ so good it’s easier to stay home than to work<\/strong>”
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With half of American adults having had at least one vaccine dose and restrictions gradually easing throughout most of the country, employers are eager to rebuild the economy. One problem: Unemployment benefits have become so generous, people aren\u2019t taking jobs.<\/p>\n

The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation gives those on unemployment an extra $300 a week atop what states offer, making it more lucrative for many to stay jobless \u2014 and that $300 benefit doesn\u2019t expire until September, though employers across the country are complaining they can\u2019t find enough people to hire.<\/p>\n

In Gotham, those on unemployment can get up to $804 a week total, the equivalent of $20 an hour for a 40-hour workweek. That\u2019s better than the $15 minimum wage, and even those who could make more might prefer to forgo a little extra money for a lot of extra time.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s generous round of stimulus checks has likely kept some people off the market too, with a family of four getting $5,600.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the hardest that it\u2019s ever been to hire people now,\u201d Steven Sloan, a co-owner of supermarket chain Morton Williams, told The Post. He hasn\u2019t even been able to fill a $30-an-hour meat-manager position that usually \u201chas people lining up to app<\/a>ly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s as bad as I\u2019ve ever seen in my 17 years in New York,\u201d Bernard Collin, a partner in Orsay, La Goulue and Bar Italia, complained to The Post, blaming the labor shortfall on \u201cgovernment assistance where people would rather stay home and pocket their cash.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mermaid Inn owner Danny Abrams can\u2019t even use all his legally permissible seats indoors and out because he\u2019s short seven servers, five kitchen staffers, three bussers, two dishwashers and a bartender.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same across the country. Georgia\u2019s labor commissioner, Mark Butler, says low-wage workers make up most of those receiving benefits, and they\u2019re making more on unemployment<\/a>: \u201cThat\u2019s tough to compete with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Janet Wischnia, co-owner of textile maker Thomaston Mills, sums up the situation succinctly: \u201cThere are some people that are afraid of COVID, some who have children at home, but the majority of the issue is that workers are getting an extra $300 a week and do not want to go back to work at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Employers are getting creative. Uber is offering new drivers sign-on bonuses of up to $1,000. And a Florida restaurant spent $30,000 on three robots that greet and seat customers and deliver food \u2014\u00a0they\u2019ll even sing \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d in four languages\u201d \u2014\u00a0after its hiring efforts failed.<\/p>\n

Bottom line: It\u2019s likely that the $1.9 trillion \u201crelief\u201d package President Biden rammed through is doing more harm than good.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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