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FL S0466
Bill
AI Summary
- Increases the maximum weekly reemployment assistance (unemployment) benefit amount from $275 to $400
- Raises the maximum yearly benefit cap from $6,325 to $10,400, calculated as 25 percent of total base period wages
- Sets the duration of benefits at a flat 26 weeks, eliminating the existing sliding scale that tied benefit duration to the state's average unemployment rate (previously ranging from 12 weeks at 5% or below unemployment to a maximum of 23 weeks at 10.5% or above)
- Reenacts related statutes on attorney fees and short-time compensation to incorporate the amended benefit provisions
- Effective date of July 1, 2021
Legislative Description
Reemployment Assistance
Last Action
Died in Commerce and Tourism
4/30/2021
Committee Referrals
Commerce And Tourism1/15/2021
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