Report: Federal Unemployment Benefits Slowed Return To Work

(WHBL) – A new report says what many business groups in Wisconsin have been saying for months – extra unemployment benefits from Washington, D.C. kept some workers at home.

The Badger Institute released a new report Wednesday that says states that ended the enhanced unemployment benefits before July saw their unemployment rates fall faster than states like Wisconsin, which kept the benefits flowing until September.

The report says many workers were able to make nearly as much, or more, while on unemployment than they made while working.