Florida DEO director: Itâs time to return to work UPDATED 6:15 PM ET May. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:38 PM ET May. 12, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:38 PM EDT May. 12, 2021
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ORLANDO, Fla. â Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is warning by the monthâs end, there will be more restrictions for people to qualify for unemployment benefits.
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Florida s unemployment rate is 4.7%
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After multiple renewals, Gov. Ron DeSantisâ work search waiver will expire May 29, followed by the expiration of the work registration waiver June 26.
Florida s COVID Emergency Order to Continue 60 More Days By Spectrum News Staff Tallahassee PUBLISHED 1:25 PM ET Apr. 27, 2021 PUBLISHED 1:25 PM EDT Apr. 27, 2021
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has extended the state s COVID-19 Emergency Order for another 60 days, the governor s office announced Tuesday.
Among the issues impacted is unemployment. The extension means individuals applying for unemployment do not have to list job searches conducted since their last claim or wait a week to file their application.
However, the extension also gave notice that the rules could return to normal after this extension because the number of COVID-19 cases are “stabilizing” and the state unemployment rate has dropped to about 4.7%, which would be below the national average.
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Florida Democrats have criticized Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for delaying a special election date to fill the state’s empty seat in the House.
A vacancy currently stands in Florida’s 20th district after the death of Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings on April 6 from pancreatic cancer. Thomas Kennedy, a member of the Democratic National Committee, said DeSantis is acting authoritarian by forfeiting responsibility and denying representation for not establishing an election date, according to The Hill.
“He’s just a very punitive guy with an authoritarian streak and I wouldn’t put it past him to slow-walk it,” Kennedy told The Hill. “Even if that’s not the intention, the failure to act and schedule this leaves the people in the district without a representative. He’s forfeiting responsibility and denying representation.”
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