Time to get to work, Michigan. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has asked the legislature to ramp up incentives for people to get off of unemployment and get back to earning a paycheck.
The “Back-to-Work Incentive” could expand to give a $300 per week bonus to those who were laid off and are now returning to work. The incentive could last through September 4th of this year. The federal subsidy that adds another $300 per week to unemployment checks is being used as an incentive to fill the jobs that employers are scrambling to fill.
Susan Corbin, Acting Director of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, said, “Expanding the incentive would allow Michigan to take advantage of even more federal dollars flowing into our state to support local businesses and grow our economy.”
Corbin went on to say, “The program offers employers of all shapes and sizes the flexibility to address their specific business needs and an expansion would provide even greater work schedule flexibility for everyone as we work to defeat COVID-19 together.”
The Back-to-Work Incentive could apply to new hires as well as former workers who have been collecting unemployment during the pandemic.
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
