US needs more than benefit cuts to get workers back on the job
About 7.6m fewer people were employed in April than February 2020
Americans are holding back from resuming work even as the rollout of the nation's Covid-19 vaccination gathers momentum. Getting them back into the labour market will require dealing with problems that existed before the coronavirus pandemic.
Concern that something is holding back US workers from taking jobs, along with anecdotes from employers having trouble hiring, has accelerated a trend among state governors to end federal enhancements to jobless benefits in June — three months earlier than Congress intended. The goal is to get people off government benefits and back to work, but it's doubtful this policy change alone will be enough to meet employers’ hiring needs...
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