Article in local paper here about a bike rental shop that just reopened.

They received PPP loan allowing them to reopen this weekend and rehire workers. Some of their previous employees opted to stay home because they were collecting more in unemployment then they'd get from working. Most employees did return though.

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Posted: 04/27/2020 at 10:58AM

Unemployment Benefits -- I85Hokie 04/27/2020 10:51AM

I have several friends who own restaurants and hotels. They are -- GreenvilleVT 04/27/2020 7:39PM

I can absolutely see that. I'm collecting UI right now -- Tafkam Hokie 04/27/2020 3:25PM

This was a concern that -- VTUD 04/27/2020 1:49PM

This was the purpose of the bill -- Nova Hokie 95 04/27/2020 4:31PM

On the flip side, those are the people most likely to spend money -- HokieAl 04/27/2020 12:31PM

This is the exact opposite of moral hazard -- armyhokie88 04/27/2020 11:59AM

Labor Secy Scalia addressed this yesterday on Fox Business -- TabbHokie 04/27/2020 11:34AM

Right. In a "normal" world, they can't decline & still collect Unemployment -- HWA 04/27/2020 11:43AM

That’s our business. Employees don’t want to return for several reasons -- Hokebury 04/27/2020 11:20AM

Curious how you arrived at your 2/3 value ** -- 81_Hokie 04/27/2020 12:09PM

I think he calculated the number of employees who don't want... -- MP4VT2004 04/27/2020 9:04PM

He’s saying in his experience for his business... -- vthokieq 04/27/2020 12:44PM

Correct ** -- Hokebury 04/27/2020 1:08PM

“Disincentive” is not spelled r-e-s-I-s-t-a-n-c-e. ** -- B777Fr8Dog 04/27/2020 11:40AM

If one is making more on unemployment AND saving daycare money - huge swing -- dans93 04/27/2020 11:39AM

The NYT's did an article on this. -- MCL3 Hokie 04/27/2020 11:18AM

Also, I wonder how many will remember that UI is taxable income -- I85Hokie 04/27/2020 11:04AM

Don't worry, the fed gov't will forgive any taxes on UI. ** -- BleedinOandM 04/27/2020 11:38AM

Good point. ** -- Hokie360 04/27/2020 11:16AM

Article in local paper here about a bike rental shop that just reopened. -- Hokie360 04/27/2020 10:58AM

Easy way for the owner to know who to ask back. ** -- HokieSignGuy 04/27/2020 11:09AM

Yeah - that's what I thought. When music stops and unemployment runs out -- Hokie360 04/27/2020 11:16AM

Yep, there will many that won’t have a job to return to -- TabbHokie 04/27/2020 11:52AM

Exactly ** -- BleedinOandM 04/27/2020 11:39AM

Before this, there were a lot of job openings, but... -- EDGEMAN 04/27/2020 11:27AM

I read an article over the weekend about the owner of a salon/spa in WA -- BTHokie 04/27/2020 10:58AM

Kick 'em to the curb ** -- Brown Water 04/27/2020 11:30AM

Nailed it. ** -- B777Fr8Dog 04/27/2020 11:24AM

I work for a small manufacturing company and we have been down since late -- Tuckahokie 04/27/2020 10:57AM

Wow, those numbers are quite telling of the difficulties. ** -- HokieSignGuy 04/27/2020 11:12AM

So it's get 100% via SBA loan/grant vs 120% vie UEC, but for less time. -- 48zip 04/27/2020 11:04AM

Land development engineering? IS that like surveying and Urban planning? ** -- HokieSignGuy 04/27/2020 11:11AM

Niche carved out of traditional civil focused on engineering side of land -- 133743Hokie 04/27/2020 12:24PM

Think of it as any development from the bldg out, where the architect does -- 48zip 04/27/2020 11:24AM

Thanks. I'd just never heard that term before. Quite all-encompassing. ** -- HokieSignGuy 04/27/2020 11:25AM

Old school = Civil. It's a reltively new term) The is a poster here named -- 48zip 04/27/2020 11:31AM

Moral hazard to some degree -- MrBayAreaHokie 04/27/2020 10:54AM

Article in local paper here about a bike rental shop that just reopened.

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