By Jim Turner/News Service of Florida
May 24, 2021
TALLAHASSEE - Florida plans to stop providing $300 a week in additional federal unemployment benefits as it pushes for people to return to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced Monday that starting June 26 the state will no longer participate in the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program. State and business officials have argued that, when added to state unemployment payments, the $300 a week in federal aid is keeping people from returning to jobs.
After a report Friday showed that an estimated 487,000 Floridians were unemployed in April out of a workforce of 10.24 million, the Department of Economic Opportunity called Monday’s move “another key step to returning more Floridians to work,” dubbing it the “Return to Work” initiative.
Florida ending $300 supplemental payments from federal government for unemployed workers
Payments set to expire June 26
Florida will join a handful of other states dropping their extra $300 weekly benefits from the federal government for unemployed workers.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â Florida will join a handful of other states dropping their extra $300 weekly benefits from the federal government for unemployed workers.
The announcement was made Monday morning by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
Citing the need for unemployed Floridians to return to the workforce, Secretary Dane Eagle said the federal payments will end June 26.
The $300 from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program is in addition to the benefits paid by the state to unemployed workers.
Florida cuts extra $300 weekly unemployment payments
Florida ending extra $300 weekly unemployment payments
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The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced the state will stop its participation in the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program, the $300 per week supplemental FPUC payment, effective June 26, 2021, as part of DEOâs âReturn to Workâ initiative.
The state calls it another key step to returning more Floridians to work, following Aprilâs labor statistics which show total private-sector employment increased by 18,800 jobs and more than 460,000 online job postings available throughout the state for job seekers.
Additional federal Reemployment Assistance benefit programs, including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC), will continue for the time being as DEO continues to carefully mo
Florida doing away with federal jobless benefits
DEO: $300 a week in federal aid will be discontinued, effective on June 26
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Florida doing away with federal jobless benefits
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As Florida looks to send more people back to work, the state is pulling out of a federal program that awards unemployment benefits to out-of-work Floridians.
The Department of Economic Opportunity on Monday announced that beginning on June 26, Florida would no longer participate in the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Program, joining Georgia and nearly two dozen other states with similar plans.
For months, the program has provided an additional $300 a week to job seekers unable to find work. That’s in addition to as much as $275 a week that unemployed Floridians can get in assistance from the state.
By Jim Turner/News Service of Florida
May 24, 2021
TALLAHASSEE - Florida plans to stop providing $300 a week in additional federal unemployment benefits as it pushes for people to return to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced Monday that starting June 26 the state will no longer participate in the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program. State and business officials have argued that, when added to state unemployment payments, the $300 a week in federal aid is keeping people from returning to jobs.
After a report Friday showed that an estimated 487,000 Floridians were unemployed in April out of a workforce of 10.24 million, the Department of Economic Opportunity called Monday’s move “another key step to returning more Floridians to work,” dubbing it the “Return to Work” initiative.