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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSupporters think governor's unemployment program will help people find jobs faster
http://www.omaha.com/money/supporters-think-governor-s-unemployment-program-will-help-people-find/article_7acbb6cd-559f-52d9-bbad-534f0e180384.html
POSTED: MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015 12:30 AM
Steve Jordon and Janice Podsada / World-Herald staff writers
Many local businesses and nonprofits are applauding Nebraskas new re-employment program that will require job seekers to put some hustle into their job search as soon as theyre eligible for unemployment benefits.
I think this is fantastic, said Virginia Kiviranta, senior staffing manager with Noll Human Resources Services in Omaha and an officer with the Human Resources Association of the Midlands. Youve got to find a way to streamline the process and make the person more accountable for their own search.
Most people who register for unemployment insurance work hard at finding another job, she said, but some are working the system to collect payments without a real interest in finding work.
Kiviranta said Gov. Pete Ricketts plan, announced last week, would help people who are seriously trying to find jobs and wont exclude people unfairly from unemployment benefits.
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Supporters think governor's unemployment program will help people find jobs faster (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jul 2015
OP
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. These so called Liberatarian rules will come back
to bite them in the back side. History of these similar rules work only if there are jobs that fill the skill sets of the unemployed individuals. If you don't have skill set enhancements,then you fail.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)2. What they are doing is putting the determination of eligibility in the hands of the government
WITHOUT specific rules. There is a lot of room for bias in this program. History is rife with workers determining eligibility on how they feel about the applicant. When my daughter needed to see the doctor because she was severely disabled the worker said no "because her father had help when he was born with two club feet."