Job search question on Florida unemployment website confuses workers

Florida's troubled unemployment system took some people by surprise this week.

PEOPLE BY SURPRISE THIS WEEK -ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT JOBSEARCHING - THAT SUPPOSEDLYHAD BEEN WAIVED BY THEGOVERNOR.

NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'SMATT SCZESNY SOUGHT OUT SOMEADVICE TO CLEAR THE CONFUSION.113“HAD I WORKED HAD I EARNEDANY MONEY HAD I DONE A JOBSEARC” ROSALIND VIETRI WASTAKEN BY SURPRISE WHEN SHECHECKED IN ON THE STATUS OFHER UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSONLINEÃQUESTIONS ABOUTSEARCHING FOR OTHER JOBSÃAREQUIRMENT THAT HAD BEENREMOVED BY THE GOVERNORÃANDYET STILL POPPED UP THIS WEEK0045“EVERYTHING WASORIGINALLY WAIVED THROUGH MAY2, AND THEN THEY DID A QUICKBAND AID, WAIVED EVERYTHINGTHROUGH THE 9TH AND THEN THEYDECIDE TO BRING CLAIMING WEEKSBACK SO THAT STARTED THIS WEEKHOWEVER THEY EXTEND THE WORKSEARCH AND REGISTRATIONREQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE ENDOF THE MONTH” TY MENARDÃWHORUNS A FACEBOOK GROUP FORFLORIDIANS WITH UNEMPLOYMENTPROBLEMSÃSAYS THE JOB SEARCHQUESTIONS ARE INBEDDED IN THEPROCESS FOR CLAIMING WEEKSÃAREQUIRMENT THAT HAS STARTED UPAGAIN IN FLORIDAÃTYIS JUST TYPE INÃWAIVED BYTHE GOVERNORÃIN THE BOXESFOR JOB SEARCHESÃ106“THERETRYING TO HELP AND SAY JUSTSAY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY TOGET PAST THE PAGE AND THATNOT NECESSARILY THE CASEDEFINITELY DONMAY BE BACK TO WORK BEFOREEVERYTHING IS RESOLVED ITKIND OF CRAZY” ROSALIND SAYSTHE WEBSITE SAYS HER BENEFITSARE NOW PENDING AGAINÃBUTTHE JOB SEARCH QUESTIONSSHOULD NOT BE DEAL BREAKERS &SINCE THAT REQUIRMENT ISSUSPENDED THROUGH THIS MONTH.IN WPB, MS, WPTV NC 5 .IN OUR NATION'S CAPITOL- HOUSEDEMOCRATS UNVEILING A NEWPROPOSAL FOR THE NEXT ROUN