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Working On Worker Benefits

Working On Worker Benefits

Wisconsin’s largest business group is trying to answer Governor Tony Evers’ claim that there’s no evidence the enhanced federal unemployment benefits are keeping people from returning to work. 

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce yesterday pointed to research from a UW-Madison economist, data from the hiring website Indeed, and comments from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco that all say the extra 300 dollars a week in federal unemployment is enough to keep some people from returning to work. Governor Evers over the weekend said he wouldn’t sign a proposed law to withdraw Wisconsin from the enhanced unemployment program because he hasn’t seen any data that suggests the extra benefits are keeping people on the couch.

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