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Despite the leisure and hospitality industry still struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, Florida’s unemployment rate continues to improve as…

Florida continues to see a slowing of first-time unemployment claims, with applications last week the lowest since the coronavirus pandemic started a year…

More than $73 million is needed over the next two years to revamp Florida’s much- criticized unemployment system, which was overwhelmed in the initial weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the state’s unemployment agency said Monday.

Florida has posted its lowest weekly total of first-time unemployment claims since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, despite mounting issues…

With first-time unemployment claims spiking last week, a top Florida economist is cautioning that the vital, but battered, tourism industry is in for another difficult spring because of COVID-19.

In a potentially major change to the Florida Retirement System, a Senate Republican on Thursday proposed a bill that would require new state employees to…

TIAA has informed the state it is laying off 59 employees in Jacksonville.The layoffs are the result of the bank’s outsourcing its mortgage service…

Questions remain about when extended unemployment benefits from a newly signed federal stimulus package will be available for Floridians out of work…

While many Floridians in the hospitality, tourism, and related fields are struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some positive signs for a recovery in sectors like health care, computer technology, and construction.

Florida’s unemployment rate held steady in November, as businesses did not boost seasonal hiring as much as usual amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The state…