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This bill makes several revisions to the requirements for reemployment assistance benefits eligibility in Florida. Key provisions include: - Allowing the use of an "alternative base period" to determine eligibility for benefits if the individual does not qualify based on their regular base period wages. This provides an alternative way for individuals to meet the minimum wage requirements. - Prohibiting the Department of Economic Opportunity from denying benefits solely on the basis of pregnancy. - Reducing the number of prospective employers that unemployed individuals must contact each week to demonstrate they are actively seeking work, from 5 to 3 (or 2 in small counties). - Increasing the maximum weekly benefit amount from $275 to $375 and the maximum total benefits per year from $6,325 to $9,375. - Tying the duration of benefits to the state's most recent monthly unemployment rate, rather than the average of the previous quarter, and increasing the maximum duration from 23 to 25 weeks. The bill aims to expand eligibility and increase the level of reemployment assistance benefits provided to unemployed Floridians.

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https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1568