He said he had 3 interviews a week and had purchased WiFi and a computer to check with a more powerful candidate, but couldn’t locate a task that would suit his weekly medical appointments.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced May 10 that Mississippi would withdraw the federal supplement of $300 per week for other people who lost their jobs to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other systems that provide prolonged help to the unemployed.
At least 24 Republican-led states in the U. S. They now have to end federal unemployment benefits sooner, months before they expire in September 2021, meaning millions of other people will lose their support. country with the lowest paid jobs, will be among the first to lose its profits.
“I’m terrified, to be honest,” Folks said. I can’t live off that. “
Approximately another 90,000 people were receiving the $300 unemployment supplement in early May for reasons similar to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Mississippi Department of Workplace Safety.
Reeves, a Republican, said he took the resolution to avoid accepting the federal supplement after consulting with business owners and employees.
Even though maximum capacity restrictions and other coronavirus regulations have been lifted for businesses, they still can’t do it completely because they can’t locate employees, said Erma Cook, director of the Mississippi Department of Employment’s Office of Re-Employment Assistance.
“Employers are contacting us to ask for more because they have paintings available, but they haven’t received other people to interview them for positions,” Cook said. “They don’t have the staff to provide the service they offer. “
The branch has used social media in recent weeks to inspire corporations to report applicants who refuse to receive allowances while they proceed to collect unemployment. The State has created an online portal where employers can submit applicants for research.
Cook says reports have increased since the state began pressuring employers to do so.
Charita McCarrol, director of human resources for Great Southern Industries, a packaging company in Jackson, said she had used the state portal to make reports and saw many other people abusing the system.
“You can’t get other people to come to work,” McCarrol said. “It’s been an absolute nightmare in the world of hiring agencies. “
McCarrol’s business has approximately 69 of its 89 positions filled. Sometimes you can’t run all your machines because you don’t have enough workers or you have to close a shift. Supervisors operate machinery and operate forklifts because they place other people to fill the positions.
At the Half Shell Oyster House seafood restaurant in Flowood, manager Jalen Loggins said she had experiences. The place to eat recruits for all stalls.
“We had other people who showed up for the orientation, did the two-and-a-half-hour orientation and then they never showed up,” he said.
Like many companies, Half Shell has introduced an incentive program, which offers a $300 and $300 signing bonus after 3 months.
Many offerings take approaches to attracting employees.
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Workers are no easier for employers than they were before the pandemic.
Matt Roberts, general manager of Shaggy Biloxi B, said the eating place is fully equipped, as it has a guaranteed higher salary at $15 an hour for a full-time position, adding medical, visual and dental benefits. Biloxi Restaurant is one of Shaggy’s five locations. and has approximately 90 employees.
“There are a lot of restaurants on the coast that have to close certain days of the week because they don’t have enough workers who have to be paid, you know, $7. 25 an hour to cook in the kitchen,” Roberts said.
He said he was looking for workers to know they are valued.
“Feel a little empathy, you know?” said Roberts. We just have to make sure that workers have a living wage where they only take care of themselves, but can take care of their families. “
People said they were losing hope of locating a task before the June 12 deadline. Tasks like buying clothes for your 11-year-old have become a source of stress.
“I literally have to go to the churches and beg,” he said. “It’s embarrassing, I’ve worked all my life, and now I have to ask other people for Array and I’m not one of those who do it. “
People have said there is a misconception that other people who are still unemployed because of the pandemic are lazy and don’t need to work. She said that’s not true for her.
“I’m caught between a rock and a hard place right now,” other people said. “I feel like there’s no way out. “
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Leah Willingham is a member of the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that puts journalists in local newsrooms to solve problems under the canopy.
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