Among the problems Floridians have reported when it comes to filing for unemployment benefits is the need to recertify their status every two weeks to verify that they still need help, even as the state’s system is encumbered with a massive influx of applications due to the coronavirus.
On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he issued an executive order that will temporarily suspend that part of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s unemployment application process in hopes of alleviating some of the stress on the system. [RELATED: When will unemployment benefits arrive for Floridians? | More than 472,000 unemployment claims have been filed in Florida in 3 weeks] The governor said right now, his goal is to get money to Floridians as