Punching In: Battle’s Brewing Over Expanded Jobless Benefits

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

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Ben Penn: The political land mines in the next round of Covid-19 relief negotiations are many, but the question of whether to extend the extra $600 per week in unemployment insurance benefits beyond July 31 has become one of the foremost issues Congress must settle.

The Democrats’ opening position—the $3 trillion, House-passed HEROES Act—would maintain the jobless insurance supplement for an additional eight months. On the other side of the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has ...