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MD. DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR SLAMS HOGAN’S DECISION TO REINSTATE WORK SEARCH REQUIREMENTS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT RECIPIENTS


Maryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis Thursday slammed Gov. Larry Hogan’s recent to decision to reinstate the pre-pandemic requirement that Marylanders who receive unemployment insurance benefits be actively searching for work.

Hogan announced the decision at a news conference on Wednesday. The governor said that he directed the state’s Department of Labor to begin working with the federal government to reinstate work search requirements, which are scheduled to be put back into place in late June.

President Joe Biden has said that Americans who are offered jobs commensurate with their education level and who decline to accept those jobs will lose their unemployment insurance benefits. Biden has directed the U.S. Department of Labor to begin working with states to the reinstate the mandate.

For the better part of a year, the federal government has boosted state unemployment insurance systems with additional money from Washington, D.C. This has resulted in enhanced benefits, which in turn may have led to many unemployment insurance recipients refusing job offers because they can in many cases make more money by continuing to receive benefits than they can from returning to work, according to Republicans. Democrats have generally disputed this.

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