Unemployment benefits in Florida: how to certify and prove the work search requirements
To remain eligible for state unemployment assistance in Florida you will now need to fulfill a weekly job search requirement. Here s everything you need to know to keep the support.
MANDEL NGAN
AFP
From 29 May a major change to the unemployment benefits system in Florida could see claimants
lose their state support if they fail to provide proof of a work search on a weekly basis.
At the start of the pandemic Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced the
Work Search Waiver, removing the condition that unemployment benefits recipients must demonstrate that they are actively looking for work. But as the jobs market begins to recover the state is rolling back some of the pandemic-era exceptions.