LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – More than 24 hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a proposal to automatically enroll furloughed Walt Disney World workers in the state’s unemployment benefits system, few details about the plan have been released.
Until more information emerges, labor unions representing Disney employees are instructing members to plan on enrolling for unemployment benefits through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity on their own, either by logging on to the state’s website or mailing in a paper application.
More than 70,000 Disney cast members are scheduled to be furloughed next week, according to the governor. DeSantis said his office is working with Disney to obtain employee data that could be directly entered into