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.
and last updated 2021-05-24 11:28:51-04
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.