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(The Center Square) — According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in Florida was 3.4% in November, 0.1 %age points higher than last month.
According to Michele Evermore, senior policy advisor for unemployment insurance at the U.S. Department of Labor, individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and stay home to recover are not ...
As unemployment surged during the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., Florida ranked at or near the bottom of all states in its speed of processing those claims, federal data shows.
In a paper published in early May 2020, the Urban Institute estimated that about 25 million people would lose their employer-provided health insurance if the unemployment rate were to rise to 20%. Of these, they speculated, 12 million would obtain Medicaid coverage, 6 million would find coverage privately, and 7 million would become uninsured.
A study by Scripps Research Institute reports that COVID-19 may be mutating in Florida, making the virus more likely to infect cells. [91] During the month of June the seven day moving average of new COVID-19 cases in Florida increased nearly ten-fold, from 726 new cases per day on June 1 to 7,140 new cases on July 1, 2020. [5]
Unemployment rates historically are lower for those groups with higher levels of education. For example, in May 2016 the unemployment rate for workers over 25 years of age was 2.5% for college graduates, 5.1% for those with a high school diploma, and 7.1% for those without a high school diploma.
The state has made filing easier by lifting the requirement that the jobless search for new employment immediately. That’s great news. It will be greater still if the whole thing functions smoothly.
CareerSource Central Florida also provides no-cost recruitment, retention and training for employers, including: Training award programs which may pay for up 50% of a company’s direct training costs (up to $100,000) An online job bank, where employers can post job openings and reach job-seekers across the state