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Florida’s unemployment office has gotten rid of all of the call centers it brought on in 2020 — a decision that critics said is premature, as thousands of claims continue to pour in and applicants still struggle to get through the state’s antiquated CONNECT website.

Thousands of residents are still filing jobless claims and struggling to use the CONNECT website, but the state has recently ended its contract with the company that was providing 2,000 reps for the call centers.

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity cited declining demand and dissatisfaction with services provided.

It’s deja vu. Complaints are rolling in again about the state’s unemployment website. One person tweeted “got bounced out and looped, no exaggeration, 50-plus times.” Another said, “get halfway done then kicks me back to the screen before logging in. for 4 hours now.” Despite more people going back to work, problems with the website […]

Lawmakers and GOP governors are proposing business tax credits and bonuses for workers as a way to get unemployed workers back in the workforce.

Florida’s Jobless Must Now Prove They’re Looking for Work to Collect Unemployment Benefits Florida this week tightened eligibility requirements for people to collect unemployment benefits, part of a bid to encourage people to take jobs in the face of businesses’ hiring woes. Starting June 1, unemployment benefit claimants—with a few exceptions—are required to submit work searches for every week of state or federal benefits requested, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO...

Various changes are coming to the distribution of unemployment benefits in Florida this June including the elimination of the federal $300 topper. 

Maryland is the latest Republican-run state to snub President Joe Bidens $300-per-week unemployment payments in an effort to encourage Americans to get back into the workforce.

But does it pay? (Inside the Magic) Florida will cease distributing $300 per week in supplementary federal unemployment assistance next month, the official who supervises the state unemployment system announced on Monday, leaving jobless workers to scrape by on $275 per week. Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Secretary Dane Eagle said in a press release that the extra benefit will end on June 26 in the interests of “returning more Floridians to work.” He cited an uptick in private ...

In Florida, claimants living in counties with over 75,000 people must complete five "works searches" per week, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO).