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Florida lawmakers propose legislation to overhaul state s unemployment system

Florida lawmakers propose legislation to overhaul state s unemployment system Matthew McClellan reports TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Modernizing and improving Florida s broken unemployment benefit system that s the goal of new legislation introduced Wednesday. The bill would expand benefits, set guidelines for the office, and establish an oversight branch for the Department of Economic Opportunity.  Amid ongoing layoffs and job loss from coronavirus closures, tens of thousands of Floridians went online over the past ten months to file unemployment claims only to find that they couldn t get through, or that benefits were not enough if they came at all.  The state s current unemployment system allows for a maximum weekly payment of $275 for 12 weeks. Under the proposed legislation the weekly payment would go to $500, lasting up to 26 weeks, which is the national average.

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