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(The Center Square) — According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in Florida was 3.4% in November, 0.1 %age points higher than last month ...
Chief executive Bob Chapek announced that he will take a 50% pay cut. [1] The president of Walt Disney World, Josh D'Amaro, was included on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's board for re-opening the state and reinvigorating its economy, while Disney Parks' VP Thomas Mazloum is on the task force for Orange County, Florida's economic recovery. [2]
CareerSource Central Florida also provides no-cost recruitment, retention and training for employers, including: Training award programs which may pay for up 50% of a company’s direct training costs (up to $100,000) An online job bank, where employers can post job openings and reach job-seekers across the state
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
When Colin Thomas logs into Florida’s unemployment system, CONNECT, he sees his usual weekly claims: $125 from the state and another $300 in federal pandemic aid. Recently, he also started ...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a massive drop in persons in the labor force. According to Pew Research Center, from February 2020 to February 2021 an estimated 4.2 million people left the labor force because of COVID-19, 2.4 million of which were women. [47] [48] As a result, women's participation in the labor force was at a 30-year low. [49]
The county would be at a death rate of 177 deaths per 100,000 people if its population were that large. Manatee’s death toll is 1,669, an increase of eight. Manatee has a rate of 414 cumulative ...
In a paper published in early May 2020, the Urban Institute estimated that about 25 million people would lose their employer-provided health insurance if the unemployment rate were to rise to 20%. Of these, they speculated, 12 million would obtain Medicaid coverage, 6 million would find coverage privately, and 7 million would become uninsured.