Though the claims may be lower the policies that regulate whether or not the unemployed are ELIGIBLE determine if candidates are still capable of receiving benefits under their pre determined guidelines.
Essentially, if a person obtains a part-time job just to have some money coming in or takes on temporary employment-they are no longer to receive benefits. It doesn’t mean their employment status has changed, it just means that some states dumb regulations determine the reduction in job claims. People are still just as unemployed as they were, however many people find some type of employ to keep from going stir crazy and that minimal income disqualifies their eligibility to collect unemployment.
This article would have the public to believe that the situation is improving and it isn’t…not just yet.
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