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A group of Floridians has filed suit against the governor and Department of Economic Opportunity to get federal unemployment boosts restored to the stateâs jobless.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â A group of Floridians has filed suit against the governor and Department of Economic Opportunity to get federal unemployment boosts restored to the state s jobless.
Attorneys representing the 10 Broward County residents said Monday that
cutting those $300 weekly payments in late June violated a section of state code related to unemployment aid.
She’s now focused on the effort to help bring FPUC back to Florida.
“This was kind of the last step, the last push to get people what they deserve,” she said.
In a newly filed lawsuit, 10 plaintiffs – all from Broward County – are asking the court to reinstate the $300 benefit right away.
“We’re going to be seeking emergency injunctive relief,” said Scott Behren, one of the attorneys involved in the lawsuit.
The plaintiffs, according to the complaint, include a single mother of two children who lost her job as a NICU nurse because of the pandemic and a senior “…who has been actively searching for work and can’t find any.”
Lawsuit challenges unemployment money halt in Florida
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TALLAHASSEE – Broward County residents struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic have filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to cut off federal unemployment money for Floridians.
The lawsuit, filed Sunday in Broward County circuit court, contends that the DeSantis administration violated state law last month when it stopped providing $300 a week in federal assistance to jobless people. The money, approved by Congress as part of COVID-19 relief efforts, came on top of state unemployment benefits.
The DeSantis administration halted the federal assistance June 26, pointing to efforts to spur people to return to the workforce. But the lawsuit, which includes 10 named plaintiffs, said the payments should have continued until Sept. 6, as authorized by Congress under a program known as the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, or FPUC, program.
Unemployed Floridians sue state to reinstate federal jobless benefits
Jordan Bowen reports
TAMPA, Fla. - Governor Ron DeSantis is facing legal action after ending federal unemployment benefits last month. A group of jobless Floridians is now suing the state to have the $300 per week in benefits reinstated.
The 15-page lawsuit demands the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and the governor reinstate federal unemployment benefits. There s a lot of upset people that are really in need of this money and have nowhere to turn, attorney Scott Behren said.
The lawsuit, filed in Broward County Circuit Court Sunday, argues the DeSantis administration violated state law last month when it stopped providing $300 a week in federal unemployment assistance. The payments approved by Congress were authorized to continue until September 6.