{"id":48906,"date":"2021-05-24T11:02:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=48906"},"modified":"2021-05-24T11:02:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:02:16","slug":"florida-ending-extra-300-weekly-unemployment-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/05\/florida-ending-extra-300-weekly-unemployment-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida ending extra $300 weekly unemployment payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced the state is ending its participation in the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program, the $300 per week supplemental FPUC payment, effective June 26, 2021, as part of DEO\u2019s \u2018Return to Work\u2019 initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DEO.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48309\" width=\"357\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DEO.png 870w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DEO-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DEO-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The state calls it another key step to returning more Floridians to work, following April\u2019s labor statistics which show total private-sector employment increased by 18,800 jobs and more than 460,000 online job postings available throughout the state for job seekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional federal Reemployment Assistance benefit programs, including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), and Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC), will continue for the time being as DEO continues to carefully monitor job posting and industry hiring trends. These additional federal benefit programs are set to expire on September 6, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThanks to Governor DeSantis\u2019 leadership, Florida\u2019s economy has bounced back tremendously with over 460,000 jobs available throughout our state and the strongest economic conditions in the nation,\u201d said Dane Eagle, Secretary of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. \u201cFlorida\u2019s employers are also seeing employment growth, as more Floridians, including some who completely left the workforce, are now eagerly reentering the workforce. Transitioning away from this benefit will help meet the demands of small and large businesses who are ready to hire and expand their workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the week beginning June 27, 2021, eligible Reemployment Assistance claimants will no longer receive the supplemental $300 weekly FPUC payment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced the state is ending its participation in the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program, the $300 per week supplemental FPUC payment, effective June&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48907,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48906\/revisions\/48907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}