A massive influx of furloughed employees from the Magic Kingdom might be able to avoid an initial registration step with the state's overwhelmed unemployment-compensation system.

Also, the effort to streamline the process could be made available to other companies that know large numbers of workers are facing temporary unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said more than 70,000 Walt Disney Co. employees, who will soon be furloughed, could have their personal information downloaded directly from the company into the state's CONNECT online unemployment system.