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NBC 6 Responds found the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) paid millions in overpayments last year.

We often hear about the challenges people face getting their unemployment benefits, but some received more money than they qualified for, leading to millions in overpayments. NBC 6’s Sasha Jones reports

A recent audit of Florida’s unemployment system is raising questions about the agency’s data, among other issues.

If you received unemployment benefits last year, you will need to report that information on your tax return using a document called a 1099-G form. But one local woman says her 1099-G form is incorrect and she has spent months trying to get an updated one. Myrtle Young told NBC 6 Responds the incorrect form stems from an overpayment of...

If you received unemployment benefits last year, you will need to report that information on your tax return using a document called a 1099g form. But one woman says her form is wrong. NBC 6’s Sasha Jones reports

When the pandemic hit last year, Daniel Johnson saw his work in the cruise line industry dry up. “For about a month during the lockdown I was not working at all,” he told NBC 6. “I filed for unemployment and I was getting it perfectly fine.” He then found a job that did not last, he said.  But this time,…

Over the past few months, NBC 6 Responds has heard from several viewers who say thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits are being held because of a problem with their account.

A new report released by Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity offers options on how to improve the state’s unemployment system. It was uploaded to the DEO’s website last week.

When Joseph Giambrone was laid off from his job in the cruise industry last February, he was able to get benefits without any issues, he said. “I got an email stating that I qualified for unemployment, which I proceeded to do,” he said.  “I was collecting unemployment with no problem.” But Joseph reached out to NBC 6 Responds a year…

The latest relief package offers an extension of federal unemployment benefits for Floridians who lost their jobs, but NBC 6 Responds continues to hear from people who are still waiting for benefits from the first stimulus package.

The latest relief package extends federal unemployment benefits for Floridians who lost their jobs. But NBC 6 Responds continues to hear from people who are still waiting for the benefits from the first stimulus package. Consumer Investigator Sasha Jones has how we helped one man after his claim stalled.

A Broward County woman says a claim from years ago is keeping her from getting the unemployment benefits she is owed. Since the pandemic started, NBC 6 Responds has brought you stories of Floridians struggling to get their unemployment benefits. The most recent numbers from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity show 97% of eligible claimants have been paid, but…

NBC 6 Responds continues to hear from people who say their unemployment claims are locked and stuck in the identity verification process.  Crystal Moses, a single mother of two, was one of them. When she reached out to NBC 6 Responds back in September, her unemployment claim was locked and listed as “Not Registered.” It’s an issue she couldn’t get…

NBC 6 Responds continues to hear from people who say their unemployment claims are stuck in the identity verification process. Two weeks ago, a single mother was worried about eviction. Consumer Investigator Sasha Jones has an update about her case.

Some who have lost their jobs in Florida during the pandemic have struggled to get the unemployment benefits they were owed — and some are still waiting.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, people have reported issues getting the unemployment benefits they are owed.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) completed necessary changes on Tuesday in order to begin paying the Federal Lost Wages Assistance Program to eligible Floridians. The program provides an additional $300 weekly benefit for those who qualify. Funds for the program come from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund.  Those who receive less than...

Thousands of eligible out-of-work Floridians are still waiting for enhanced federal unemployment benefit payments Friday, more than a week after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state was applying for the Lost Wages Assistance Program.

It’s been more than a week since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state would apply for the lost wages assistance program, which would provide several hundred dollars in federal unemployment benefits. But where’s the money? NBC 6’s Alina Machado reports.

As one federal unemployment program comes to an end, some out-of-work people are still calling NBC 6 Responds because they are struggling to get all of the benefits they are owed.