Nevada lawmakers in special session passed a bill to expand eligibility for unemployment benefits to workers who decide it’s too risky to return to work in a pandemic. It adapts rules that make people who deny offers to return to work without “good cause” ineligible for unemployment benefits. The bill lifts limits on yearly payouts, and grants seven more weeks of unemployment benefits for laid off workers. -dash-The Governors office says this helps workers who feel they’re being forced to choose between their jobs and their lives. The legislature also wants to update the antiquated system that has been overwhelmed by the pandemic.