As the coronavirus pandemic rocks the economic foundations of the nation, more people than ever before are out of work and looking for new employment opportunities.
This influx of unemployed Floridians has caused a major upset in the resources put in place to provide relief. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that steps are being taken to ensure that Floridians can file for unemployment benefits after the Department of Economic Opportunity had major issues supporting the volume of users.
Sunday night into Monday morning, the DEO website shut down and did not allow any additional reemployment benefit applications to be filed. “From August 2019 to February 2020 the contact center took a total of 2.3 million calls,” DeSantis said. “The DEO received