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Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced today Pennsylvanians living or working in Bedford and Northampton counties who were directly impacted by remnants of Hurricane Ida can now apply for temporary Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). Applications must be

Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced today Pennsylvanians who live or work in one of the six counties impacted by remnants of Hurricane Ida are eligible to apply for temporary Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) beginning today.

A National Employment Law Project (NELP) brief analyzes just-released U.S. Census data, revealing the significant impact that unemployment programs had in keeping millions of people—and particularly people of color—out of poverty.

With federal unemployment benefits ending for 558,000 Pennsylvanians on Saturday, Sept. 4, other support programs are available to provide help.

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier has announced that the department's partnership with virtual identity verification vendor ID.me has been extended to provide identity verification for all new Unemployment Compensation (UC) claims. "We take unemployment

Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier reminded Pennsylvanians receiving unemployment benefits that work search requirements will resume the week of July 11. Because claimants always file for benefits the week after they are unemployed, individuals will start certifying they

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced today that a new version of the Pennsylvania Teleclaims system (PAT), which allows individuals to file for unemployment benefits by phone, is now online. PAT, which replaces a different file-by-phone system

Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier has announced that work search requirements for individuals receiving unemployment benefits will restart the week of July 11, with individuals to begin certifying on July 18 that they have looked for work during the previous week

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) will hold four virtual workshops this week to help individuals, employers and third-party administrators prepare for next month's transition from an outdated, 40-year-old legacy system to a new modern computer system. The transition to the new UC

A new Unemployment Compensation system will be launched in Pennsylvania in June 2021. For the transition to the new system the PA Dept. of Labor & Industry will be presenting instructional workshops covering topics relating to use of the system.