Filing for unemployment benefits will be paused May 30 due to conversion to new system
Updated May 05, 2021;
It will cause the system to go offline for a week and a day, temporarily preventing residents from filing cliams. But earlier estimates called for the system to be offline for two weeks.
Officials from the state Department of Labor & Industry offered this revised timeline during a Wednesday meeting of the advisory panel appointed by the Legislature to monitor the computer conversion project. The labor department is moving from a mainframe system that is nearly 50 years old to one that will be accessible on mobile and tablet devices.
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Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced last week that the department’s new unemployment compensation system will launch June 8.The new system – which will replace an obsolete 40-year-old mainframe legacy system – is expected to make it faster and simpler for Pennsylvanians to file claims. The new system will be easy to use, provide access to important information and streamline the unemployment claim filing process for workers, employers, unemployment program staff and third-party administrators, Berrier said. System will have to be shut down for weeksMoving data from one system to the other will require shutting down the unemployment compensation system for two weeks, meaning people will not be able to file claims during that time.The shutdown will impact anyone getting Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and extended benefits.Filers will still be paid for backdated claims during the transition period. New unemplo
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ST. PAUL A bill that Sen. Gary Dahms, R-Redwood Falls, says will promote business and economic recovery was passed by the Senate on Thursday.
The Omnibus Jobs and Economic Growth budget bill focuses on economic recovery, workforce training, business development services and addressing the shortage of child care in many communities, according to a Dahms press release.
Dahms said the legislation creates a Small Business Loan Guarantee program, gives businesses the ability to operate at full capacity with a COVID-19 safety plan in place and requires any future executive orders aimed at closing or partially closing businesses receive support from the majority of both the House and Senate before going into effect.  Â