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Unemployment continues to slowly improve in Florida as the state gets closer to regaining the number of jobs lost when the COVID-19 pandemic caused business closures and layoffs last year.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says he anticipates “pretty good” July unemployment numbers, as a federal report Thursday showed that first-time jobless claims last week in Florida were at a level not seen since before the coronavirus pandemic.
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Florida continues to see new unemployment claims roll in at pre-pandemic levels, even as leisure and tourism-related businesses maintain they are struggling to attract workers.
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For the first time in more than a year, Florida has posted a weekly count of new unemployment claims below 6,000. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity marks March 15, 2020 as the start of the pandemic in compiling unemployment claims.
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Plaintiffs in a potential class-action lawsuit about Florida’s troubled unemployment-compensation system are trying to use a new report by the state’s chief inspector general to bolster their case.
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More than $73 million is needed over the next two years to revamp Florida’s unemployment system, the head of the state’s unemployment agency said Monday.
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Florida’s jobless rate dipped 0.2 percentage points in December amid what state officials said is growing economic confidence as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
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Florida’s unemployment rate edged down in September by the smallest of margins. Despite the modest drop, state officials say it’s a sign that Governor…