unemployment benefits

The changes apply to people in counties that are under a Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declaration.

State law puts the number of weeks at 12 when unemployment is at or below 5 percent.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging bill in Nobember that said refusing to comply with vaccination mandates isn’t considered “misconduct” for the purpose of receiving unemployment benefits.

Judge Layne Smith said Gov. Ron DeSantis had the legal right to halt $300-a-week payments to Floridians from what is known as the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, or FPUC, program.

The lawsuit, which names as defendants DeSantis and Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Secretary Dane Eagle, seeks an injunction to force the state to reinstate the federal money. Also, it seeks retroactive payments to June 26.

State and business officials have argued that the $300 a week in federal aid is keeping people from returning to jobs.

Bill sponsor Sen. Jason Brodeur says he sought the $100 boost after seeing what other states are doing.

The colossal package allocates money for COVID-19 vaccines, small businesses and anti-poverty programs like the child tax credit. Here are the highlights of the bill President Biden signed Thursday.

The state’s jobs agency had not posted a timetable about extended unemployment benefits, and no formal announcement had been made about whether Floridians will be covered for the current week because of when the $900 billion federal package was signed.

The new massive coronavirus relief bill that President Trump signed on Sunday also includes extended support for unemployed people.

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill that it would take most states 8-20 weeks to move to a modified system of awarding benefits.

Housing advocates and landlords alike say if Congress doesn't extend or replace the extra payments expiring this weekend, millions of out-of-work Americans won't be able to afford to pay their rent.