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Month: April 2020

Tesla backtracks from recalling some workers to plant this week

Tesla backtracks from recalling some workers to plant this week

A paint department supervisor told employees Sunday in an email seen by Bloomberg that there’s no need to come in this week to the automaker’s California factory. The company had told some workers in the paint and stamping operations to return April 29, days before area health orders are slated to end.

Unemployed still blocked and frustrated after upgrades to jobless claims system

Unemployed still blocked and frustrated after upgrades to jobless claims system

Florida’s overwhelmed unemployment claims system returned to service Monday after the Department of Economic Opportunity shut it down over the weekend to fix a wide array of problems arising from an unprecedented number of claims triggered by government shutdowns driven by the COVID-19 crisis. But even as Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke Monday of improvements, newly furloughed applicants still found they were locked out or deemed ineligible for benefits.