Posts in 'Unemployment Compensation'

PA Department of Labor & Industry has announced the launch of Pennsylvania's Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program to provide an additional 13 weeks of benefits to people who exhaust their regular unemployment compensation.

Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak today announced eligible self-employed, independent contractors, gig workers and others not normally eligible for regular unemployment compensation (UC) can begin filing backdated claims in the new Pandemic Unemployment

On Friday evening, April 10, 2020, Governor Tom Wolf announced important progress by the Commonwealth in implementing supplemental unemployment benefits made available by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. These new benefits will bring desperately needed relief to

Governor Tom Wolf has announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) is implementing new federal unemployment compensation benefits provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The COVID-19 relief package temporarily provides: An additional $600

Workers in Pennsylvania who are impacted by COVID-19 may be eligible for Unemployment and Workers' Compensation benefits, Secretary of Labor & Industry (L&I) Jerry Oleksiak announced today. Unemployment compensation claims should be submitted online for faster processing. "As Pennsylvania and the

With bond markets flashing warning signs of a possible recession on the horizon, a new paper from the National Employment Law Project examines how state unemployment insurance programs have been weakened by benefit cuts and policies discouraging unemployed workers from applying for jobless aid. The

The Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation System recently lost about half of its staff, many of whom used to answer the phone lines. As a result, you may be experience problems reaching representatives or quickly receiving benefits. If you have had problems reaching representatives from

Governor Tom Wolf has signed HB 319 into law which will finally provide nearly 44,000 additional people with insurance in the event they lose their job or cannot find work. Act 144 will help to ensure that seasonal workers and those who need unemployment insurance will have better and more efficient

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the National Employment Law Project (NELP) have released a new report closely examining how Uemployment Insurance rules fail to protect many claimants separated from work as a consequence of volatile scheduling. The new report, Out Of Sync: How

The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Employment Law Groups will be presenting its 2015 Employment/Unemployment Compensation Training on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at the Dauphin County Bar Association in Harrisburg. A limited number of hotel rooms are available at a special rate to PLAN program staff