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The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
Thursday, June 25, 2020 5A
JOHN BAZEMORE I Associated Press
Arnashia McCain uses her phone to copy phone numbers
posted on the locked doors of a Georgia Department of
Labor office Thursday, May 7, in Norcross. McCain, who
said she drives for Lyft and has had her hours cut in her
job in retail, has been unable to check on the status of her
unemployment claim.
BENEFITS
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rate is 4.5% or lower and
topping out at 26 weeks
when the unemployment
rate is above 10%. The
current sliding scale is less
generous, topping out at 20
weeks when the unemploy
ment rate reaches 9%.
Previously, workers who
earned as little as $50 dol
lars a week could have their
jobless benefits reduced.
Under the bill, Labor Com
missioner Mark Butler
could raise that to as much
as $300 a week. The new
threshold would mean
someone could earn up to
$665 a week — the $300 a
week in wages plus Geor
gia’s maximum weekly job
less benefit of $365 a week.
Butler, an elected Repub
lican, had already extended
and increased the benefits
under a state of emergency
declared by Gov. Brian
GEAR
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The Ml Garand rifles
are used only by the Sher
iffs Office honor guard for
funerals and parades.
Helmets have been used
by criminal investigations
division deputies in poten
tially dangerous situations.
“The remainder of the
items have either been dis
posed of according to pro
gram guidelines or remain
in secure storage for return
to the government,” accord
ing to the Sheriff’ Office.
The National Defense
Authorization Act allows the
transfer of excess Depart
ment of Defense property to
law enforcement agencies,
gear “that might otherwise
be destroyed,” according
to the Defense Logistics
Agency.
“No equipment is pur-
Kemp because of
the coronavirus
pandemic. But But
ler’s changes would
expire with the end
of Kemp’s state of
emergency, which
could end as soon
as next week.
Department of
Labor spokeswoman Ker-
sha Cartwright said Butler
intends to leave the earn
ings amount at $300 through
December.
Georgia joins Idaho, Kan
sas and Michigan in reex
tending unemployment
benefits they had previously
cut below the 26-week level,
said Michelle Evermore, a
senior policy analyst with
the National Employment
Law Project. She said that
no state that she knows of
allows workers to earn as
chased for distribution. All
items were excess which
had been turned in by mili
tary units or had been held
as part of reserve stocks
until no longer needed,”
according to the agency.
Roughly $293 million in
property was transferred in
fiscal year 2019.
much as $300 and
keep all their job
less benefits.
“It allows people
to return to work
on some meaning
ful level without
having to lose their
unemployment
benefits,” Ever
more said.
Advocates for the unem
ployed had opposed Geor
gia’s earlier cutback and
were encouraged by the
new bill.
“They’re not perfect, but
I think they’re a good step
in the right direction,” said
Alex Camardelle of the lib
eral-leaning Georgia Bud
get and Policy Institute.
The measure also allows
the Georgia Department of
Labor to implement a work
sharing program, which
would let an employer put
workers on reduced hours
instead of laying them off.
Employees on reduced
hours would be eligible for
jobless benefits.
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