Scott PowersMay 14, 2020
3min449
Just over 2 million Floridians have filed claims.
Tag: U.S. Department of Labor
Scott PowersMay 14, 2020Scott PowersMay 7, 2020
3min433
Federal government logged 173,000 new claims last week.
Associated PressApril 30, 2020
3min256
Nationally, 30 million Americans have filed for unemployment since mid-March.
Scott PowersApril 30, 2020
4min479
Delayed by Florida's application system, rise of unemployed tops the nation.
Scott PowersApril 23, 2020
4min685
Florida's total unemployment claims top 1.1 million since mid-March.
Scott PowersApril 9, 2020
4min760
Claims were a little lower last week but still by far the second-highest total ever.
Scott PowersMarch 26, 2020
3min354
Much worse to come? Florida saw 74,000 new claims; Pennsylvania, 378,000.
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 10, 2018
3min318
For Florida counties impacted by Hurricane Michael, the U.S. Department of Labor is making National Dislocated Worker Grants available to help assess workforce needs. The grants announced Wednesday will be to supplement state and local response and recovery efforts. “The Department of Labor will deploy resources to help Floridians who, as a result of Hurricane […]
Drew WilsonJanuary 26, 2018
3min330
There’s something shady going on with CareerSource Pinellas and CareerSource Tampa Bay, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist wants to know whether the U.S. Department of Labor has any oversight in place and if changes are needed to prevent fraud in the future. The first-term congressman, who represents Pinellas County, sent a letter Thursday to Labor […]
Jim RosicaOctober 6, 2016
4min466
As expected, state insurance regulators have issued a final order jacking up the price of worker’s compensation insurance by nearly 15 percent. The order was published Thursday. The decision approves the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) request “for an overall combined statewide average rate increase of 14.5 percent,” the Office of Insurance Regulation said in a […]