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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Agreed. It also seems unfair that, now that some businesses are re-opening, workers who've been called back to work are no longer eligible for unemployment pay. But (a) their old job paid them less than this temporary boost to unemployment benefits and (b) their revamped job probably will have a lot less customers, so they'll get less tips and make even less than they used to make.
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That's a tough call. But it basically puts them in the same position as, say, supermarket workers who've been expected to continue working vs. collecting the supersized unemployment checks. It just seems like there should be a better way to even out the impact on peoples' lives...