Republican Jobless Plan Could Take Five Months to Execute
- States might need up to 20 weeks to switch to wage replacement
- Complex change may overwhelm already-burdened state offices
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The proposal favored by Republicans for extending supplemental unemployment benefits aiding millions of Americans made unemployed by Covid-19 could take some states the rest of the year to implement.
That’s one takeaway from a memo prepared by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, obtained by Bloomberg News, on plans for trimming jobless benefits that expire this month. At stake is sustaining support to an economy confronting renewed business-closing measures thanks to record virus cases.