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With weekly unemployment claims rolling in at pre-pandemic numbers, state leaders say they remain optimistic about seeing results from a summer push to get people back into the labor force. The U.S. Department of Labor issued a report Thursday that estimated 6,502 new jobless claims were filed in Florida during the week that ended Sept. […]
One of the biggest hurdles remains finding people to work in the leisure and hospitality industries, which were among the hardest-hit fields during the pandemic.
A Florida judge is expected to give their ruling over unemployment lawsuit which could force state to continue making benefit payments through September 4th
The lawsuit contends DeSantis violated state law in June when he stopped providing $300 a week in federal assistance. A judge now will decide.
The lawsuit alleges that Florida disregarded its own law when it axed $300-a-week federal unemployment supplements last June.