To be fair I’m not sure what to say about an עני I would need to think why an עני isn’t נעמה דכסופא but I don’t think the guy wasn’t working, I think he doesn’t have land to work for some reason
In your case if he has land and decided not to work it would he be entitled to מעשר עני in someone else’s land
Unemployment (at least recently) has been a reason not to work (why should a person work and get less money instead of collecting unemployment)
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