The state wants Floridians to get back to work. Florida Department of Economic Opportunity launched the “Return to work” initiative Wednesday, encouraging people who are collecting unemployment benefits to reenter the workforce. DEO Secretary Dane Eagle said some companies struggling to hire call this the “new pandemic.” When the pandemic began, the governor waived the requirement to fill out job searches on the unemployment website because jobs weren’t available. Now that jobs are coming back, some businesses say people don’t want to work, while job seekers say livable wages are hard to find. In Tallahassee Wednesday, business owners in the restaurant, construction and retail industries blamed it all on benefits.