Florida Sees Uptick In New Jobless Claims
Florida saw a slight increase in first-time jobless claims last week, as the U.S. Department of Labor reported new unemployment applications nationally went back above 1 million during the same period.
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Florida saw a slight increase in first-time jobless claims last week, as the U.S. Department of Labor reported new unemployment applications nationally went back above 1 million during the same period.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis verbally spars with Sen. Rick Scott over state's troubled jobless system saying the system Scott built "wasn't ready for primetime."
The number of people filing new jobless claims in Florida dropped last week by more than 17,500 from the previous week, according to figures released Thursday.
With the first round of economic stimulus running out, millions of Americans are about to take a massive hit to their household budget.
First-time unemployment claims in Florida nearly doubled last week as coronavirus cases spiked and as bars and nightclubs continued to be largely shut down.
As the economy slowly begins to reopen, those in need remain high as new unemployment numbers are released Thursday.
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Florida had nearly 222,000 first-time unemployment claims filed last week, the first week of the state's slow economic reopening under Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to numbers posted Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Jim DeFede and his guests discuss the unemployment crisis in South Florida through the eyes of a Florida state senator and a union official who represents hotel and hospitality workers here.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday defended his administration's efforts to get the state's much-maligned unemployment system to handle the unprecedented surge in applications caused by the coronavirus.
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As expected, the most unemployment claims during the COVID-19 crisis are in Miami-Dade, followed by Broward.
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Only a small fraction of the hundreds of thousands of Floridians who filed unemployment claims in the last month have received a payment and to make matters worse, the state's unemployment website is now offline.
Housekeepers, servers and cooks left signs at the Hialeah office of the Florida house speaker, calling for their unemployment claims to be processed and see an increase in the weekly cap.
Florida's March unemployment jumped to 4.3 percent, according to numbers released Friday by the state leading to a strong demand for unemployment benefit applications but the state is still having issues with the website.
First-time unemployment claims this week appear headed toward a record.
Unemployment claims are at an all-time in Florida as the coronavirus-caused surge continues. Many of the Florida claims remain in a backlog that could take weeks to resolve. However, we want to make it as easy as possible for you to find the links and paperwork you need.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has launched a mobile-friendly site for unemployment help.
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