The $600 weekly enhancement to unemployment benefits will likely end after July 31. Here's what could take its place.
Given the discord, an extension of the current $600-a-week policy is unlikely, labor experts said.
"I seriously doubt everything will be cut off," said Michele Evermore, a senior policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project.One policy approach would tie the amount and duration of unemployment aid to economic conditions.The framework reduces aid as the public health crisis recedes and state unemployment rates improve.
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