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Tink41

(537 posts) Mon Apr 20, 2020, 08:15 PM Apr 2020

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Georgia Governor

I have a question. After watching his presser today, I couldn't help but wonder WTH he is talking about?
If they have upped UE benefits by 600 a week, why are people struggling to put food on the table, if their place of employment has closed because of the pandemic?? They also added 13 weeks on top of the length of regular state benefits. I'm missing something.

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Georgia Governor (Original Post) Tink41 Apr 2020 OP

takes awhile to get this stuff going perhaps nt msongs Apr 2020 #1

6+ months? NT Tink41 Apr 2020 #4

Workers will have to go back to work if their employer opens Cattledog Apr 2020 #2

Sorry my mistake Tink41 Apr 2020 #3

It's the unemployment system in Georgia greymattermom Apr 2020 #5

msongs

(67,394 posts)

1. takes awhile to get this stuff going perhaps nt

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Mon Apr 20, 2020, 08:17 PM

Apr 2020

Tink41

(537 posts)

4. 6+ months? NT

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 20, 2020, 08:24 PM

Apr 2020

Cattledog

(5,914 posts)

2. Workers will have to go back to work if their employer opens

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Mon Apr 20, 2020, 08:18 PM

Apr 2020

and offers their job back. If they don't they lose their UE benefits.

Tink41

(537 posts)

3. Sorry my mistake

Reply to Cattledog (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 20, 2020, 08:23 PM

Apr 2020

The Gov of Georgia is using this as the reason to reopen.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

5. It's the unemployment system in Georgia

Reply to Tink41 (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2020, 08:31 PM

Apr 2020

Very old computer system that's almost impossible to get to work.

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