More on the effects of Florida unemployment benefit cuts

Recent changes to the state’s unemployment compensation system will impose new requirements on people seeking benefits, which will in turn lead to fewer benefit payments by the state . # The Ocala-Start Banner offers a look at what these changes mean for people who are out of work: # Melanie Sellers didn’t receive her $198 unemployment compensation payment last week. # Sellers, who lost her job as a scanner technician at the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in the spring after a 20-year career, was denied a week of her jobless benefits because she could not show she had tried to contact at least five potential employers during the qualification period.