Sequester Leads To Smaller Unemployment Checks
The sequester battle in Washington D.C. is soon going to affect tens of thousands of jobless Georgians.
Federally funded extended unemployment compensation will be cut by 10.7%, due to the sequester.
These cuts are scheduled to start around the end of the month and will apply to more than 61,000 people in Georgia.
Right now, the maximum these people can receive is $330. They’ll see $35 less in April.
Nothing will change for those who get regular state benefits.
“The cuts will apply only to those who are the more long-term unemployed,” says Sam Hall, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Labor.
While the sequester is cutting unemployment benefits, Hall says the bigger goal is bettering the state’s financial status.
“What we really want to see is for the economy to improve and for unemployed Georgians to find a job and get back to work.”
The Department is sending out information to unemployed workers this week and the data is also posted on its website.
WABE's John Lorinc reports on how the sequester cuts will affect more than 60,000 jobless Georgians.
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