09-29-2010, 03:37 AM
Dakota wrote:
I have no arguments cbelt on having good paying jobs. The point I am making here is a narrow one and it relates to entry level jobs. I am saying that the government has effectively established an $18/hr minimum wage rate that employers have to compete with.
If you're an entry-level workers then there's no "competition" at all from unemployment benefits because there are no such benefits for that class of people.
If you haven't worked and paid into unemployment for the entire benefits period in the year prior to your application then you don't qualify for benefits.