As businesses slowly begin to reopen, many laid-off workers face a difficult decision: Is it safe enough to return to their jobs? Several states are warning residents who are called back that they may be cut off from unemployment benefits if they refuse.
Many people may not have much of a choice. Several states, including Iowa and Texas, are warning residents who are called back that they may be cut off from unemployment benefits -- including the $600 bump authorized by Congress in March -- if they refuse to return.Uncertainty about continued access to benefits comes after 26 million Americans filed for first-time jobless claims in recent weeks as the coronavirus pandemic prompted many governors to order non-essential businesses to shutter.
Her employer told her it may restart dine-in service next week, but she doesn't feel she could maintain enough of a distance from other workers in the kitchen. The Decatur, Georgia, resident not only fears she could get sick, but she doesn't want to risk bringing the virus home to her roommates, one of whom is asthmatic.
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