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When the pandemic left service, hospitality and retail workers without jobs, accessing CONNECT system for unemployment was a nightmare, Editorial Board says.
When Colin Thomas logs into Florida’s unemployment system, CONNECT, he sees his usual weekly claims: $125 from the state and another $300 in federal pandemic aid. Recently, he also started ...
A Florida judge denied a motion to temporarily reinstate the extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits that were terminated prematurely this summer.
Economics. Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by authorized bodies to unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are funded by a compulsory governmental insurance system, not taxes on individual citizens.
An unemployment extension occurs when regular unemployment benefits are exhausted and extended for additional weeks. Unemployment extensions are created by passing new legislation at the federal level, often referred to as an "unemployment extension bill". This new legislation is introduced and passed during times of high or above average ...
Services for the unemployed. CareerSource Central Florida provides employment and training to local job seekers throughout offices in Orange, Osceola, Lake, Seminole and Sumter Counties. Services include: Resource Rooms, with no-cost access to employment resources; these include a fax machine, a copier, telephones, computers, printers, internet ...
Workers in Florida are the latest jobless Americans to sue their governors for opting out of unemployment programs earlier than the federal expiration in September. Florida workers plan to file a ...
The steady employment gains in recent months suggest a rough answer. The unemployment rate has been 7.9 percent, 7.8 percent and 7.8 percent for the past three months, while the labor force participation rate has been 63.8 percent, 63.6 percent and 63.6 percent. Meanwhile, job gains have averaged 151,000.