77° 
Worker Resources
Unemployment Benefits – Information and Instructions
- Reemployment Assistance Service Center – Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)
- If your employment has been negatively impacted as a result of the mitigation efforts in Florida to stop the spread of COVID-19, you may be eligible to receive unemployment benefits (now referred to as “Reemployment Assistance” by the DEO).
- Before filing your claim, we recommend you visit the DEO’s Reemployment Assistance Service Center for instructions, a video tutorial, and FAQs about the claim process.
Unemployment Benefits – File a Claim
- Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)
- Reemployment Assistance benefits, formerly known as unemployment compensation, can be filed online using the DEO’s CONNECT system.
- New Users: If you have never filed for unemployment in Florida before, use the “File a New Claim” link to start your application.
- Returning Users: If you have previously filed for unemployment, please log in using your Social Security number and PIN. If you do not remember your PIN, select the “Forgot PIN” button to regain access to your account.
- The DEO issued an emergency order waiving certain requirements, retroactively from March 15 through May 2, 2020 (unless extended):
- Applicants no longer need to register to the “Employ Florida” online work registry or visit the CareerSource one-stop employment center,
- Claimants do not need to demonstrate that they are searching for other work when filing benefit claims.
Unemployment Benefits – Application Assistance by Phone
- CareerSource South Florida
- CareerSource Florida provides statewide oversight and policy direction for talent development programs administered by the Department of Economic Opportunity.
- For help by phone with Reemployment Assistance and filing your claim, please contact CareerSource South Florida’s Miami Beach offices at 305.929.1547 and 305.535.4219.
Bartender Grant / Emergency Assistance Program
- USBG National Charity Foundation – COVID-19 Relief
- If you are a bartender, bar back, bar server, or are otherwise engaged in the service or preparation of alcoholic beverages, you are eligible. No membership required, online application.
Employment Listings by CareerSource South Florida
- Employ Miami-Dade by CareerSource South Florida
- Online resource for job listings, education and training opportunities, and career building assistance. Requires online registration.
Employment Listing by Florida Restaurant & Logging Association (FRLA)
- COVID-19 Employee Portal by the FRLA
- Temporary and Seasonal jobs available among Florida’s hospitality industry.
- The IRS will allow all individual and other non-corporate tax filers to defer up to $1 million of federal income tax (including self-employment tax) payments due on April 15, 2020, until July 15, 2020, without penalties or interest. The guidance also allows corporate taxpayers a similar deferment of up to $10 million of federal income tax payments that would be due on April 15, 2020, until July 15, 2020, without penalties or interest. In addition, the April 15 filing deadline has been extended to July 15 as well.
Social Security Recipients Will Automatically Receive Economic Impact Payments
- The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service announced that Social Security beneficiaries who are not typically required to file tax returns will not need to file an abbreviated tax return to receive an Economic Impact Payment. Instead, payments will be automatically deposited into their bank accounts.
IRS Issues Warning About Coronavirus-Related Scams
- The IRS urged taxpayers to be on the lookout for a surge of calls and email phishing attempts about the Coronavirus, or COVID-19. These contacts can lead to tax-related fraud and identity theft.
