I'm totally behind this. Unemployment has (historically) been based on your salary, and generally you get 2/3 of what your salary was when laid off. I've had to use it myself a few times in my life.
The extra $600 is de-motivational. A buddy of mine (leftist) is making almost twice what he was making as a waiter when Kung Flu hit. Now he doesn't want to go back to work. "I plan to milk this as long as I can." and when I say the bonus was a mistake, he says "No. it's my employers fault that I make more on unemployment because they were not paying me enough!"
His alcohol budget has never been healthier.. so there's that...
Edit: I shoudl add that some of his coworkers have gone back to work...he ignores the calls.
Nah not 2/3 of what your salary was. I got laid off in April and my state unemployment was 1/4 of what my salary was, and in these uncertain times I didn't know exactly how long I would be out of work for, so stashing the extra $600 gave me a bit of a cushion and set my mind at ease.
I'm totally behind this. Unemployment has (historically) been based on your salary, and generally you get 2/3 of what your salary was when laid off. I've had to use it myself a few times in my life.
The extra $600 is de-motivational. A buddy of mine (leftist) is making almost twice what he was making as a waiter when Kung Flu hit. Now he doesn't want to go back to work. "I plan to milk this as long as I can." and when I say the bonus was a mistake, he says "No. it's my employers fault that I make more on unemployment because they were not paying me enough!"
His alcohol budget has never been healthier.. so there's that...
Edit: I shoudl add that some of his coworkers have gone back to work...he ignores the calls.
Nah not 2/3 of what your salary was. I got laid off in April and my state unemployment was 1/4 of what my salary was, and in these uncertain times I didn't know exactly how long I would be out of work for, so stashing the extra $600 gave me a bit of a cushion and set my mind at ease.