Kate Davidson
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first heard Dec 2017
last heard Jun 2021
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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Lawmakers Consider Incentives to Get People Back to Work · 3 Jun 2021
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Remember, there was all that state and local aid money.
They're using some of that for hiring bonuses.
Democrats have put forward a couple proposals
to help bring disadvantaged workers back into the labor force.
Folks who've been unemployed for more than six months, long-term unemployment can be especially risky for folks.
It's just harder for them to get back in, and that can come with all sorts of long-term economic harm.
So their proposals have focused more on that, on getting those groups back in and on sort of subsidies for job creation programs for those folks.
Well, a big point that Democrats have made, and I think labor advocates, is that, look, employers should raise their wages if they want to attract workers.
So I talked to someone for this story, a senior official at the International Franchise Association they represent,
all kinds of small business owners that have franchises.
And his point was, yes, you know, that's something that is happening.
Certainly wages are going up to attract workers, and that happens normally in a tight labor market.
But, you know, there's only so much in their view that you can pass on to consumers.
If you raise wages, that's a higher cost for you, and you might pass that on.
Well, we know that prices are rising right now anyway.
The costs of goods are up.
And so I think that they're saying, well, that's a little bit of a concern for them, whether they can do that.
But just generally, again, in a tight labor market, you see folks offering better sort of side benefits and little incentives to bring people back in.
It might be more vacation time.
It might be slightly better benefits.
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