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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.
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
In the United States, there are 50 state unemployment insurance programs plus one each in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands. Though policies vary by state, unemployment benefits generally pay eligible workers as high as US$1,015 in Massachusetts to a low as US$235 per week maximum in Mississippi.
Under Florida law, only U.S. citizens, permanent resident aliens, or a someone holding PRUCOL status is eligible for a Homestead Exemption. A person in the U.S. with asylum or parole refugee status is considered PRUCOL. A person in the US under a temporary visa is NOT eligible for Homestead, pursuant to Rule 12D-7.007(3), Florida Administrative ...
As Florida continues recovering from Hurricane Ian, first-time unemployment claims in the state are coming in at the highest numbers of the year. Ian boosts Florida’s jobless claims. State ...
Florida’s unemployment system is so dysfunctional that some jobless residents are threatening suicide and making bomb threats, call-takers working for the state’s claims office said this week.
The statutory and fiduciary mandate of the State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA) is to invest, manage and safeguard assets of the Florida Retirement System (FRS) Trust Fund as well as the assets of a variety of other funds. The SBA manages 25 different investment funds and trust clients.
Despite the gains, the state has seen increases in people leaving jobs for 14 consecutive months to pursue better pay and benefits. Florida unemployment holds at 3% in May despite people exiting ...