Florida Tightens Unemployment Benefit Eligibility Requirements to Get People Back to Work

Floridа Gov. Ron DeSantis listens to a report from a member of his administration during a meeting at the governor's office in Tallahassee, Fla., on April 1, 2021. Screenshot via Epoch Times

Florida authorities are tightening eligibility requirements for people to collect unemployment benefits, in a bid to encourage people to take jobs as businesses in the Sunshine State struggle to hire badly needed workers.

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), the state’s employment agency, on May 12 announced that as of June 1, unemployed Floridians will have to contact five employers a week to continue to be eligible for jobless benefits.