MADISON, WI (WHBL) – There’s a push at the Wisconsin Capitol to have people in the state once again look for work in order to get unemployment benefits.
State Senator Steve Nass says there are jobs going unfilled because the state’s Department of Workforce Development no longer requires people to apply for jobs in order to keep their unemployment benefits. Nass says with so many employers looking for people, anyone on unemployment should have no trouble finding a job.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling for states to stop giving the unemployed an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits. The Chamber says with that extra boost, about one in four unemployed workers are earning more staying home than they would working at a job.
Chamber Executive Vice President Neil Bradley said paying people not to work is one of the reasons behind last week’s disappointing jobs report. Only 266,000 jobs were created in April. Analysts had expected the number to come in at around one million.
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