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Disney furloughs threaten to strain system for unemployment benefits

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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Walt Disney World has continued to pay most of its employees since its theme parks and hotels closed more than a month ago.

This will change on Sunday when more than 70,000 Disney cast members will be furloughed. A wave of new jobless claims is threatening to crash down on Florida’s struggling unemployment benefits program.

For weeks, Floridians seeking unemployment assistance payments have been overloading the state’s website and computer system handling the claims.

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity received more than 647,000 benefit applications between March 15 and April 11, according to the agency.

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