President Biden is open to extending a $300 weekly unemployment insurance supplement that businesses say caused a labor shortage, but he hasn’t yet made up his mind, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
Biden Open to Extending Federal Unemployment Bump Amid Labor Shortage
President Biden is open to extending a $300 weekly unemployment insurance supplement that businesses say caused a labor shortage, but he hasn’t yet made up his mind, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
The supplement, set to expire the first week of September, has given low-wage workers a disincentive to return to work, critics say.
“At this point they’re expiring at the beginning of September. Nothing has changed on that front. But a final decision has not been made,” Psaki said at her daily press briefing.
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