Quote Originally Posted by Johnson85 View Post
This is just BS. The business isn't worse off for having the option of reopening. The PPP program doesn't have that limit. Nor does the economic injury disaster loan. I don't know of anybody with BI coverage that pays out based on whether the government closes you; that might be something that hurts a some businesses if that coverage exists. It may hurt the employee's that would rather be on unemployment if the employer disputes their unemployment claim. Not sure how states are handling that.
I'd wait and see outcomes before I'd call it BS. My wife's business has been closed since March 13 - when our local government issued emergency orders to shut down the same businesses Kemp did 2 weeks later. We have been weaving our way through the Pandemic Unemployment program - which just went live in GA 2 days ago, the EDIL thru SBA, and the PPP. I know enough about Ga Government to believe they will find every way possible to deny the unemployment benefits; EDIL has such a backlog I doubt we will even get a response. She did get approved in the first round of PPP - but 1 solid week after having been approved, our lender has gotten us nothing. No papers, just a nice email saying "you are approved, but we are overwhelmed. We don't think you will lose funding even though we are required to have it complete within 10 days. Hope we are right "