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Tuesday s Daily Pulse | 1/19/2021
Unemployed Floridians finding difficulty to release unemployment benefits from hold
Many unemployed Floridians claim a months-old problem has yet to be fixed, and it is keeping them from collecting unemployment benefits. Thousands jobless Floridians currently have a “return to work hold.” The hold often occurs after someone gets a new job or, in some cases, just applies for one. Unemployment expert Vanessa Brito said the hold is not a glitch, but an obstacle. “The company has to report to the Department of Revenue, Brito said. The Department of Revenue updates their system that cross-matches with DEO. [Source: First Coast News]
Broadcasting during Hurricane Andrew, I said some of the smartest things I ever said in my life. One of them was, ‘OK, folks, here’s what I want you to do. I want you to get a mattress off the bed. I want you to get in a closet or in a hallway or in a bathroom and get your family under that mattress.’ I heard from so many people afterward that, after the storm passed, when they came out from beneath the mattress, that they looked up and saw the sky.
Miami is one of the most amazing cities, in some ways the most amazing city. It’s the only city in the United States, and maybe the only major city in the world, where there’s no dominant culture. You go from one place to another and you actually switch cultures. I love that. I think that’s what makes the city magical.
Veteran-owned businesses in Florida
Eric “Doc” Wright Founder/CEO, Vets2PM, Indialantic
During his six years in the Navy, Wright learned how to weld, lead and follow commands but when he got out of the Navy in the 1990s, the Gulf War veteran struggled to find his way in the civilian world. “I could not speak the civilian language of management,” he says. “I didn’t know how to talk about jobs. I didn’t know how to talk about my ability to plan and organize and control things. I didn’t know how to talk about employees, other than ‘subordinates’ and they just don’t talk like that in the civilian workforce.”
Friday s Daily Pulse | 1/15/2021
Florida’s unemployment claims more than triple to highest level since August
Applications for jobless aid in Florida unexpectedly soared last week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday a sign that the economic misery wrought by the coronavirus pandemic continues. For the week ending Jan. 9, new applications for unemployment assistance tripled from 24,697 to 75,444. So-called continuing claims, or the number of filers receiving assistance for at least two straight weeks, climbed from 129,575 to 155,097. More from the Miami Herald and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Florida to begin statewide appointment system for vaccine
Florida’s director of emergency management said Thursday that a statewide appointment system for COVID vaccinations should be ready within weeks, bringing order to the chaos marking Florida s rollout of vaccines to its most vulnerable residents. Director Jared Moskowitz described plans for the online portal in