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The Jacksonville area’s unemployment rate is one percentage point off pre-pandemic levels.The city’s May unemployment rate sank to 4.2%, according to…
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The foundation of the traditional employee benefits concept is for an employer to, in addition to pay for services, offer programs and products that…
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Florida’s hospitality industry is beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic after 1.5 million employees were furloughed or laid off starting in…
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SmartStream, a financial technology company that's headquartered in London and owned by the government of Dubai, opened a Jacksonville office this week.…
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For the first time in more than a year, Florida has posted a weekly count of new unemployment claims on par with the period just before the coronavirus…
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, average weekly wages in Florida’s 25 largest counties were below the national average of $1,173 in the third quarter of 2020.
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Federal unemployment benefits will end for Florida residents later this month. The state hopes the move will motivate workers to fill employment gaps, but some activists say the benefits aren’t the problem — it’s low wages.
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Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, along with officials from the Florida AFL-CIO and the Florida People’s Advocacy Center embarked on a long-shot effort to get Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse a decision to stop providing $300 a week in federal unemployment assistance starting June 26.
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The second-largest private employer in the U.S. is making the change as more states are moving to legalize cannabis or introduce laws banning employers from testing for it.
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Florida Republican leaders touted the state’s economy Wednesday and said they expect businesses to boost hiring as additional federal unemployment…