Laid-off workers counting on unemployment benefits to carry them safely through the Covid-19 pandemic face a wake-up call in Georgia and other states where governors are eager to reopen for business.
Once employers call their employees back, workers will need a state-accepted reason if they wish to decline the job and keep collecting unemployment benefits. A fear of going to work during the pandemic isn’t likely to suffice.
The same goes for self-employed and independent contractors, such as the hair stylists and massage therapists that Georgia’s Gov.