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Florida has some of the lowest unemployment benefits in the nation, requiring applicants to reach out to five prospective employers each week.
Gov. Ron DeSantis expects late this month to reinstate a requirement that people in the unemployment system submit weekly "work search" updates.
Referring to some businesses saying they are unable to find new employees as they regroup from the COVID-19 pandemic, DeSantis said Wednesday unemployment claimants will likely have to start showing how they looked for work once an executive order waiving a work-search requirement ends May 29.
“We suspended that last year at this time because, quite frankly, there weren’t jobs,” DeSantis said during an appearance at the Satellite Beach Police Department.