A New Jersey program that incentivizes unemployed people to return to work has only distributed a small fraction of its $10 million budget since it launched in late September — just $289,400 to businesses that hired 165 workers through the end of April.
. At the time, Gov. Phil Murphy said the program would give unemployed workers a $500 bonus and subsidize the costs of teaching them new skills at companies with 100 or fewer employees.
The state Department of Labor said more than 4,200 employers asked about the program but not all of them met the requirements or are still developing training programs for new hires. Less than 3% are participating, the state said. She said the program remained open and employers can still apply for the remaining $8.6 million. Delli-Santi said the department was also considering expanding the pool of eligible employers. Companies are still struggling to fill vacant spots even though the state has recoveredTom Bracken, president and CEO of the“That means nothing, 170 employees brought back to work in a state where there are millions of job openings, come on,” he told Gothamist in an interview.
Some said they were able to provide additional training to new hires and pay them more since Return and Earn required eligible employees to make $15 an hour, in line with legislation that progressively increase the hourly rate to $15 an hour by 2024. “We’re able to pay more because of the subsidy. We don’t reap a lot of the benefits but the staff person does,” said Rebecca Lynn, executive director of Assisted Living Inc. in Ewing, who hired three people through the program. “We are competing against nursing homes and other facilities who are able to get more money coming in.”“Wasn’t quite a game-changer,” added Mike Caputo, owner of Enviro-Master in Princeton, a cleaning company.
in Clemington, who is still waiting for her reimbursement months after she joined the program. “I don't have this extra cash flow.”Robert Lindo, co-owner of Carmesi, a fashion design studio in Guttenberg, said it took the state four months to reimburse him, but it was still worth the paperwork.
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