Episode 83: Incentives to Return to Work

Published: June 25, 2021, noon

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has proposed a $300/week stimulus for laid off employees to get workers to return to the labor market. Is this rewarding bad behavior for those who have been milking the additional unemployment checks over the last year? Are these the kind of staff members small businesses will be welcoming onto their teams or will they learn to operate in a more lean state? And how does this narrative sound to hard working staffers who will now be working for less hourly than their new hires?

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Seems like a temporary fix to a major labor problem here in our economy. Zack Hayes and Phil Hayes debate in this week\'s episode of Pure Speculation.

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