UPDATE FLORIDA U.C. REENGINEERING PLAN

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State of FloridaAgency for Workforce
InnovationUnemployment Compensation
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Change in Service Delivery

• October 2000 The Division of Unemployment
  Compensation was transferred from Florida
  Department of Labor Employment Security to the
  newly created Agency for Workforce Innovation

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Change in Service Delivery

• Consolidated service delivery from 90 local
  offices to 2 Hubs and 1 Call Center
• Transitioned from in-person claims filing at
  local offices to remote claim filing by Internet
  and Telephone.
• Currently 50 Internet Claims, 40 Telephone,
  and 10 Other

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• Orlando Call Center
• Information and Assistance Calls
• Tallahassee Claims Hub
• Internet and Telephone Claims Processing and
  Adjudication
• Ft. Lauderdale Claims Hub
• Internet and Telephone Claims Processing and
  Adjudication

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

• Legal Authority The Stafford Act (Title 42,
  Chapter 68 of U.S. Code), and 20 CFR 625, Code of
  Federal Regulations
• Funding provided by FEMA, and channeled through
  U.S. Dept. of Labor to the states
• Administered by state workforce agencies as part
  of the unemployment compensation program

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

• PURPOSE
• To provide financial assistance to individuals
  who become unemployed due to a major disaster
  (partial income replacement).
• Intended to assist those who do not qualify for
  regular unemployment compensation benefits,
  including self-employed individuals.

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

• CHRONOLOGY
• Damage assessment by emergency management
  officials
• Governor requests and President declares major
  disaster and designates counties eligible for
  Individual Assistance
• State workforce agency issues press release and
  other media announcements of DUA availability and
  filing period
• Agency immediately begins taking and processing
  DUA claims and issuing payments to eligible
  individuals

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

• ELIGIBILITY
• Lived or worked in a declared county
• Was working at time of disaster (or was scheduled
  to work)
• Not eligible for regular unemployment benefits
• Unemployment is a direct result of disaster
• Filed timely application for DUA (within 30 days
  of public announcement)

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

• ELIGIBILITY (Continued)
• For self-employed, benefits calculated based on
  reported net income
• Self-employed must provide proof of net income,
  such as tax return
• May be required to show proof of employment at
  time of disaster
• Must be legal resident, authorized to work in
  U.S., with valid Social Security Number

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

• BENEFITS
• Based on earnings for most recent tax year
  (calendar year 2005)
• Minimum DUA weekly benefit amount 113 (if
  based on full-time work)
• Maximum DUA weekly benefit amount 275 (same as
  regular unemployment max)
• Benefits begin as of first full week following
  date of disaster (claim is effective Sunday)

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

• BENEFITS (Continued)
• Payable for up to 26 weeks following disaster
• If regular unemployment compensation exhausts
  during assistance period, may be eligible for DUA
• Evacuees from another state apply for and receive
  DUA benefits from state where they were working
  (interstate claim)

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)

• Filing Florida claims and obtaining information
  (regular unemployment benefits and DUA benefits)
• Website www.floridajobs.org or
  www.fluidnow.com
• Telephone [phone] or
  1-866-778-7356

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THANK YOU!Questions?