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Thank you to our members that shared their struggles with finding employees. Your feedback was sent to the Governor's office and has had an impact. What we heard from you:
The day after our feedback was sent to the Governor's office he indicated that he would be asking that the work search requirement waiver that had been put into place during the pandemic would be reinstated on June 1. That was codified today in a press conference by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity in which they announced that those on unemployment will have to resume reporting their work search activity as of June 1 and if they do not show up to interviews or accept employment offers the business can report them to the DEO and they will lose their benefits. I don't see where on their website you as the employer would report that information, but I will keep you posted on this. This is certainly not the silver bullet to the problem as federally boosted unemployment benefits will continue through September 6, but it is a step in the right direction. As of today there are 461,900 open jobs in Florida. During the press conference today the DEO Secretary Dane Engle announced their Return to Work initiative focused on matching those on unemployment with job opportunities. They encourage businesses with open positions to reach out to CareerSource Polk as well. There has also been several Governor's that have stated they will stop participating in the federal employment boost program ($300). Governor DeSantis did not answer when asked whether he would consider such a move and at today's DEO press conference there was no indication as to whether that would be considered.
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