Work requirements won’t solve labor shortages and do more harm than good

Work requirements are harmful and won’t solve labor shortages

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Cara Brumfield is director of income and work support at the Center for Law and Social Policy. Emily Andrews is director of education, labor, and worker justice at the Center for Law and Social Policy. This column was produced for Progressive Perspectives, a project…

Work requirements won’t solve labor shortages and do more harm than good

For decades, Republican lawmakers have sought to deny benefits to people experiencing poverty unless they can prove they are either working or actively looking for work. Now those efforts have been ramped into overdrive.

Work requirements won’t solve labor shortages

For decades, Republican lawmakers have sought to deny benefits to people experiencing poverty unless they can prove they are either working or actively looking for work. Now those efforts have been ramped into overdrive.

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