Companies Cite New Government Benefits in Cutting Workers

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From Equinox gyms to Steelcase factories, companies that have to furlough workers are starting to tell them a surprising message: You may make more on unemployment

Employers factor in extra federal pay in deciding how to handle their workforces; it ‘made that part of the decision more palatable’

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always lazy immoral dirtbags like wsj, entitled rich kids, who went to rigged schools, who complain about poor people getting barely enough to survive literal joke money while Bezos gets 150 billion for a job anyone can do takes no science doctorate you say nothing, pathetic

If this is actually the case then this should shut the dems and socialist up about a living wage

600/40=15. If this doesn't set the precedent for a revised minimum wage, I dont know what does.

In the past two weeks, nearly 10M Americans have filed initial jobless claims. If all who file are successful in receiving unemployment insurance, just the additional $600 in weekly benefits on top of existing benefits will amount to $6 billion per week:

Proves not a lot of thought went into this stimulus. Simply print more money!

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