Weeks after being laid off from a South Florida sports bar that was shut down because of the coronavirus, the 32-year-old single mom was finally was able to complete an online unemployment application. But even so, the out-of-work bartender has received no confirmation of how much of ...
Based on the many comments below, which have lots of questions and helpful suggestions (thanks to all those helping answer) here is some updated information on the enhanced benefits currently being paid in Florida. See the original details and details to file a claim in the updates below. ...
The process should be easier for workers than when they filed their initial benefit application, Evermore said. Workers should be able to claim new weeks of unemployment under their old benefit amount, she said. A year of unemployment benefits However, many workers may be eligible for up to ro...
Roughly 23 million Americans are collecting some form of unemployment benefits. Initial claims Almost 757,000 workers filed an initial claim for unemployment benefits last week — a decline of about 9%, or 73,000, from the prior week, according to the Labor Department. (Think of an initial c...
How to file for unemployment benefits online in Florida Where to file a claim: Click here to get to the new claims page at Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. The fine print: Requirements to provide proof of searching for new work and complete the full work registration through Employ...
I don’t think everyone needs to know this, but when applying for unemployment, or while certifying for unemployment benefits weekly, or when restarting a claim, (such as many temp workers do), it’s never a good idea to willingly, or mistakenlymisrepresent a material fact, because even mi...
It normally takes two or three weeks to receive jobless benefits, but those out of work say being left in the dark for more than a month is frustrating."I know there are literally thousands of people in Indiana waiting," said Atwood, referring to her Facebook group as well as local ...
In Florida, the common law test is used to determine who is an employee for purposes of state reemployment assistance benefits (RAB) coverage. Florida law defines taxable wages for RAB purposes as all payments for services in employment, including salaries and other specific types of payments. ...
of weekly unemployment compensation payments. The maximum number of weekly payments is typically 26 within an unemployed worker's "benefit year".* A benefit year is 52 weeks, and its start and end dates are based on the date that a worker filed an initial claim for unemployment benefits.In...
Gov. Ron DeSantis, who likened the benefits claim system to an “old jalopy” breaking down at the Daytona 500, ordered the inspector general to investigate. The Economic Opportunity Department launched a review of its own, and the results were presented Monday ...