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Jul 15, 2021 | 5:12 PM Tallahassee, FL – Florida continues to see new unemployment claims roll in at pre-pandemic levels, even as leisure and tourism-related businesses maintain they are struggling to attract workers. The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 6,430 new claims were filed in Florida during the week that ended July 10, down from a revised count of 6,739 during the week that ended July 3. Nationally, 360,000 new claims were filed last week, down 26,000 from the previous week’s revised count. The national number is the lowest since the week ending March 14, 2020, when 256,000 claims were filed. That same week in 2020, Florida recorded 6,463 first-time jobless claims. A week earlier, 5,325 new claims were filed. For the past four weeks, Florida has averaged 6,938 new claims a week. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, which will update the state’s employment data on Friday, marks the start of the pandemic as March 15, 2020. New jobless cl

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