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The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) is a principal department of the State of Michigan. The department oversees the state's programs for unemployment insurance, business growth, affordable housing, labor relations, and tourism, among others. [1] [2]
In September 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Eagle to the post of executive director of the state Department of Economic Opportunity. [30] The long-troubled state DEO oversees the Florida unemployment insurance system. [31] [32] The department faced a backlog in processing unemployment insurance claims. The department brought more call ...
In January 2013, Scott appointed Panuccio executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. [5] [14] At the time, Panuccio was 32 years old [5] and was the youngest agency head in Florida government. [15]
In 1978, the responsibilities of the Florida Department of Commerce were split with the Department of Labor and Employment Security. In 1996, under Governor Lawton Chiles, Florida became the first state in the nation to place principal responsibility for economic development, international trade, research and marketing in the hands of a business-government partnership.
In April 2020, in response to the effects of COVID-19 on the Florida economy, Ron DeSantis increased Satter's responsibilities by naming him as the unemployment "czar", overseeing all responses to the unemployment crisis in Florida, taking the responsibilities away from Department of Economic Opportunity Director Ken Lawson. [3]
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The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, however, ruled on a similar case in May, deciding that former Uber driver Darrin McGillis was an employee of the company and thus able to collect ...
Pages in category "State departments of economic development in the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .