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  unemployment May 22

  Unemployed Hospitality Workers Ask Governor to Pay Their Bills

  A group of unemployed people staged a “die-in” protest at Miami Beach demanding Governor Ron DeSantis to help them get their unemployment checks or pay their bills.  The protest started as a caravan from the Overtown area to Miami Beach.  The group included unemployed hospitality and service workers of UNITE HERE Local 355 and SEIU 32BJ. ...
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  NBC 6 Responds May 22

  Woman Says She Had to File Her Taxes While Applying for Unemployment Benefits

  NBC 6 Responds first interviewed Spring Rice, who is self-employed, in early May. That’s when she said she kept getting the same error message every time she tried to upload documents for her PUA application. On Friday, she told NBC 6 Responds that issue had been resolved. “I’m hanging in there,” she said. So far, Spring said she had received...
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  NBC 6 Responds Dec 17, 2019

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  unemployment May 21

  New Unemployment Applications Roll in, Thousands Still Wait for Benefits

  Unemployment applications continue to roll in to the state’s unemployment agency, but thousands of people are still waiting to be paid.
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  unemployment May 21

  DEO Dashboard Data Offers Little Comfort to Those Waiting for Benefits

  Andrew Olis has been unable to work since mid-March. “It’s tough,” he said. “It’s all of a sudden you don’t have a paycheck.” Like millions of others, Andrew said the pandemic impacted his work as an independent contractor with a construction company. “All the jobs pretty much stopped,” he said. The former operations manager said he had to turn......
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  NBC 6 Responds May 20

  Hialeah Family Who Lost Everything in Fire Gets New Home After Community Responds to NBC 6 Story

  A Hialeah family who lost everything in a house fire has cause to celebrate. When the Ferrer family contacted NBC 6 Responds a little over a year ago, our team tried to get them assistance through a Hialeah program, but that city said they didn’t qualify. Not knowing what else could be done, NBC 6 shared their story with our…
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  NBC 6 Responds May 19

  Tips on Maintaining Your Car During the Pandemic

  The coronavirus pandemic means you’ve probably spent less time on the road. However, your car still needs some TLC.
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  unemployment May 15

  Woman Says She Appealed and Won Unemployment Benefits Ineligibility

  The process of applying for Florida’s reemployment assistance program inspired Stephanie Hurst to write a song. “Florida unemployment, not for your enjoyment,” she sang. “Taking days and weeks and months, just to get denied.” The song, which she posted on Twitter, was an outlet for the frustration she was feeling, after losing her job earlier this ...
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  unemployment May 15

  Democratic Lawmakers Asking Feds to Study Troubled Unemployment System

  Federal and state lawmakers spoke out Friday about Florida’s troubled unemployment system.  “My simple message is pay the damn claims. Pay them. If you are worried about fraud, go back and look up that after it’s over with, after you’ve compensated these people,” Florida Sen. Perry Thurston said.  As of May 14, the Depar...
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  ask and nbc 6 responds May 14

  Confusion Over Federal Unemployment Programs

  NBC 6 Responds gets answers for out-of-work viewers who have only received one $600 payment and wondered if they should have received more.
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  unemployment May 13

  Problems With Submitting Unemployment Application

  NBC 6 Responds to the latest technical problem impacting people’s ability to submit an application for reemployment assistance through the CONNECT system.
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  unemployment May 13

  DEO Documents Reveal How Call Takers Are Told to Handle Claimants

  People out of work throughout Florida are frustrated by the ongoing problems with the state’s system to file for unemployment. And the call-takers fielding calls are frustrated too. “All of us just want to be able to get it done, get them on their way and get their claims submitted and get them paid,” one call-taker told NBC 6 Res...
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  NBC 6 Responds May 11

  Florida Gov. and State Unemployment System Give Conflicting Information on Claims, Payment

  The Florida Department of Opportunity has announced that in order to continue receiving payments, people who have filed for unemployment must report the number of weeks they need benefits by logging onto the portal twice a month to restate their need.