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We are falling apart : Year review of Florida s faulty unemployment system and its future
Frustrated and ready to give up, thousands of people started to reach out to ABC Action News reporters. In May, their role in this debacle got even larger.
and last updated 2021-02-25 10:23:28-05 We Are Falling Apart
As the country began to shut down, unemployment claims started to surge across the country.
âThis is daunting â I was on a phone call with other states and theyâre facing the same type of increase,â said Ken Lawson, the former Executive Director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, during an interview early last year.
As unemployment system issues continue, Department of Labor releases audit on state-managed rehiring programs
Floridians still having issues with their unemployment benefits
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â All Gail McDermott can do right now is wait.
âAt first you wanna cry and then itâs so ridiculous you donât know what to do,â McDermott said. âI mean itâs laughable.â
When she first filed for unemployment last March, she, like so many others, waited weeks to be deemed eligible or ineligible for benefits.
âI think that there were so many people they were trying to go on unemployment back in March we all got caught up in what we called a black hole,â she said.