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Posted: 3:51 PM Feb 3, 2012
Fla. House Votes to Rename Unemployment Comp
New incentives may be on their way for jobless workers to search harder for a job.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida House has voted to rename
unemployment compensation as "reemployment assistance."
The chamber Friday unanimously passed a bill (HB 7027) that
includes the name change. It next goes to the Senate where a
similar bill (SB 1416) has been moving through committee.
Gov. Rick Scott's new Department of Economic Opportunity sought
the change to "rebrand" and refocus Florida's unemployment
compensation system.
Scott wants to add incentives for jobless workers to seek
reemployment in order to continue receiving compensation.
To that end, the bill also would require claimants who receive
low scores on a skills review to undergo workforce skills training
at no expense to them.
(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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