Sherrod Brown pushing unemployment relief

by Guest Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:37 am

On Wednesday, Brown, D-Ohio, announced his intention to get the Layoff Prevention Act passed, which would give state governors the authority to allow companies to reduce skilled employee hours during production slowdowns by supplementing those hours with unemployment insurance, preventing the companies from formally laying off employees.

"Employers want to do right by their employees, and employers, I think, should have these resources," Brown said.

Companies would have to prove imminent layoffs to qualify and be allowed to supplement employees' reduced work hours with unemployment insurance. The workers would keep their jobs, and the company would still see a savings from only having to pay for the reduced hours being worked.

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by Guest Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:10 pm

by jmainframe Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:13 pm

Great news...for those who are already gainfully employed. They can be employed and unemployed at the same time!

I see where Brown cites our unemployment statistic, "for every dollar spent in the program it would generate $1.69 in gross domestic product". Why isn't this statistic good anymore to add weeks to help the exhaustees?