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More return to work as federal unemployment payments end?
Clip: 8/31/2021 | 3m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
NJ Gov. Murphy said he won't extend the set-to-expire $300 federal unemployment payments
There are more job openings than there are unemployed people. Some are afraid to go back to work because of COVID-19 exposure, others have trouble finding child care. Stockton University Finance Professor Michael Busler said staying unemployed has been a good economic decision for many, because of the federal government's added pandemic-related payment, but that's about to end.
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More return to work as federal unemployment payments end?
Clip: 8/31/2021 | 3m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
There are more job openings than there are unemployed people. Some are afraid to go back to work because of COVID-19 exposure, others have trouble finding child care. Stockton University Finance Professor Michael Busler said staying unemployed has been a good economic decision for many, because of the federal government's added pandemic-related payment, but that's about to end.
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Clip: 8/31/2021 | 39s | Low-income tenants protected from eviction until the end of this year (39s)
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Clip: 8/31/2021 | 4m 36s | Now a tropical depression, Ida is expected to hit NJ on Wednesday (4m 36s)
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