Refusing to go back to work

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I was reading this article about getting back to work when places start opening again. It was talking about if you have the right to refuse to go back to work or not. Unfortunately, there is no simple yes or no answer to this. There is the answer that is simple in a way, yes you can refuse to go back to work, however you will not get the benefit of still collecting unemployment benefits. Well, there is a catch to that too. If you can prove that the employer is not providing a safe work environment you might still get benefits, if you can prove that you have to supply family support and can not come back to work, or if you yourself are ill in some way that prevents you from returning to work. You can not just decide that you don’t want to come back to work because you are enjoying the time off. We all know there are some people that are getting paid more from unemployment now than they were getting paid at their jobs so some people are not looking forward to going back to work and making less money. Unfortunately, that is what is going to happen to quite a few people. It is a mind set people are going to have to get use to and figure out how they can deal with that. My situation is quite difficult, my company was in the process of closing when all this happened and none of us have jobs to go back to now. I am needing to find a job when a lot of companies are not hiring due to the virus. I don’t know when my unemployment benefits will end or when they will go back to a lower rate then they are right now. Will companies start hiring anytime soon? I may have to just ride this out until my benefits run out that then take what ever I can get even if it is not enough money. Something is better than nothing I suppose.