Small businesses struggle to hire their workers back.
According to an, unemployment insurance beneficiaries in all but 13 states are making more than their previous salaries on average.
The National Restaurant Association says that is a widespread problem across the restaurant industry, too. The food service industry has been among those hardest hit by the economic shutdown, with the industry expecting to lose as many as 7 million jobs and $225 billion in three months. The trade association has been publicly lobbying Congress and the Treasury Department to make changes to take the reality on the ground into consideration.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said he has asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to"clarify" some of the rules around the PPP so businesses have more flexibility. The reason the $600 expansion was uniform across all states, regardless of the states' cost of living, is that the Labor Department said it would not be able to process a patchwork of claims quickly enough.
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