Several states with a Republican-majority have taken steps to end the additional $300 per week in supplemental unemployment benefits due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, saying that this will encourage Americans to return to work.
Arkansas, Montana, South Carolina, and Mississippi have all announced that their additional unemployment benefits will expire within the next month, according to NBC News.
“It has become clear to me that we cannot have a full economic recovery until we get the thousands of available jobs in our state filled,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, said on Monday while announcing that the additional benefit will cease in June. “The purpose of unemployment benefits is to temporarily assist Mississippians who are unemployed through no fault of their own.”
NBC notes that April’s employment report posted disappointing results, with only 266,000 jobs added that month after forecasts predicted about 1 million, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.1%. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said that this report was directly linked to the $300 per week supplemental benefit.
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