$10,200 Unemployment Tax Refunds This Week

Arizona announced they will be ending unemployment benefits, however, they are considering setting aside the $300 million in federal money to offer a one-time bonus.

Apart from this new proposal, people who get a full-time job will get $2,000, while those who return part-time will receive $1,000.

The current unemployment rules allow people to collect benefits for 50 weeks, longer than the usual 26 weeks of unemployment Arizona allowed before.

But Governor Doug Ducey said the supplement is being cut to get people back to work.

He stated, “In Arizona, we’re going to use federal money to encourage people to work, instead of paying people not to work.”

Considering how difficult it was for these red states to approve the $2,000 stimulus checks, it’ll be interesting to see if they follow through with this.

Meanwhile, battling to hire employees in a tight job market, McDonald’s on Thursday joined a growing list of fast-food and restaurant companies that are lifting hourly wages in the hopes of attracting job seekers.

Earlier this week, Chipotle said it was raising hourly pay at its restaurants in the hopes of hiring 20,000 new…