CARES Act $600/Week for Louisiana Unemployment

Retroactive to week ending April 4th

No matter what, it’s complete BS to be paid that much to be unemployed.

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No matter what, it’s complete BS to be paid that much to be unemployed.

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not for 1099 that make good money dumbass. shite even W2's were screwed before.

what is a disgrace is this state only paying 247 max a week for 20 fricking years

go look at what other states were paying max before. makes LA look like a joke.

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not for 1099 that make good money dumbass. shite even W2's were screwed before.

what is a disgrace is this state only paying 247 max a week for 20 fricking years

go look at what other states were paying max before. makes LA look like a joke.

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I totally agree with you. I saw someone else post that number about LA about a week ago. I'm not from there, so I thought they were mistaken. Geez! I don't know what the cost of living is there, but there's no way to justify that.

I hate to pile on that guy, but that was a retarded statement to make. People who are temporarily laid off or had to shut their businesses have been prohibited by the government from working or making money. And the ones who have been permanently laid off can't even leave their houses to look for work or go on an interview. Well, I guess you could stock groceries at Kroger or where ever, or maybe deliver pizzas. But the point is, overall, they're f'ed right now.

As for the numbnuts who say, "well, with state UI + that (temporary) $600, people won't go back to work, even if they're called back." Bullsh!t! If someone gets called back to their old job or gets offered a new job (once the lockdown is over), they get reported and their benefits are discontinued.

I don't know. I try (I really do) to see where people are coming from as best I can. But some mofos just take being dumb to a whole new level.

It's really frustrating hearing some of these clowns relate laid off workers to welfare rats. Are they just mad because they still have a job?

Everyone worry about there money

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But when it’s time to get back to work. Other LA citizens who essentially get paid let’s say $10-$15/hour aren’t going to rush and go back to work when they can stay home a little while longer and make the same

My line of thinking was that this would not incentivize a portion of Louisiana citizens to not work and lead to more abuse of tax payer money

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My understanding is they’ll continue reaching out to employers for certification. So if their business just got PPP funded, they have to spend that on payroll in the next 8 weeks.

Their filed reports with LDR/LWC will kick the applicant out of the pool.

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Both make roughly $300 a week and are now being paid $700 to stay home.

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those people suck and will waste that money because they never had that kind of money before. I agree with Yellowfin in his earlier comments.

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And my comment may have sounded insincere. The thread made me think of a few people I know. Both make roughly $300 a week and are now being paid $700 to stay home.

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Again, I don't live in LA. So I don't know how your state's UI system is run. I live in VA, and the system here requires a person to search for jobs in their current or past field. The system even sends you jobs that you qualify for. If you don't do that, or if you're offered a job and refuse it, they simply bounce you off the system. But right now, no one is required to look for a job... because most can't. Maybe it's different in LA. I don't know.

Are there people who may apply a damn near scientific approach to avoid finding a job, just so that they can make more with this $600/wk federal bump? Probably so. While ethically suspect, it is the rational thing to do - no different than the larger companies who are raiding the SBA programs (even though they don't need the money), and squeezing out the smaller companies that are struggling to stay alive. To me, that's a MUCH bigger problem. Joe and Susie will be tossed off this program by late July anyway, when it runs its course.

But back to the individual level, and the issue of waste, fraud and abuse... let's have a talk one day about the disability and SSI programs. On those topics, it's very likely that we'll be in complete agreement. IMO, there are WAY too many able bodied people, who've found "good" lawyers, and are now on the public teat until the day they overdose on meth. Don't get me started.

P.S. And I'll apologize for my strong language in that previous post.

I have no idea honestly. I just put claimant on mine. They don’t make it clear.