And experts say it is impossible to calculate how many jobs might come back as states lift shelter-in-place rules. “We don’t know what normal is going to look like,” said Martha Gimbel, an economist and a labour market expert at Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative. Nonetheless, as restrictions are lifted, employees who refuse calls to return to work without “good cause” will lose access to unemployment benefits, state officials have said. “I thought about the money — it crossed my mind,” she said when the shop asked her to return this week. Unemployment offices have scrambled to hire more workers, upgrade computers and add call centres, but are still struggling to process the crush.

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2020 06:11 UTC