Unemployment benefits in Pennsylvania: how to claim the weekly payment
Residents who have exhausted their state or federal jobless payments can use the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) programme to extend the weekly payments.
SAUL LOEB
AFP
As the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic continue to strangle the American jobs market, more people are being forced to rely on
unemployment insurance to ensure that they can pay the bills. In Pennsylvania, the
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programme, or
PEUC for short, has proved to be a vital lifeline.
The weekly payments are funded by the emergency stimulus bill signed into law in late December as the additional unemployment benefits were on the brink of running out. The PEUC programme provides an additional 24 weeks of support for those who have exhausted their state benefits.
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Updated: 6:36 AM EST Feb 19, 2021 The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry provided an update last week on issues and fixes related to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program.The information below is from L&I:PUAThe PUA program extension rollout on Jan. 22 has alerted L&I of multiple issues with our system that we are working to correct.Issues and fixesIf eligible, funds were released for claimants who previously filed for the weeks of Jan 2., Jan. 9 and Jan. 16.Some claimants were experiencing a USCIS issue related to residency (permanent resident versus U.S. citizen) which is actively being worked on.We added the 2020 base year for claimants who applied for PUA after Dec. 27. New claimants will receive individual messaging on next steps through the PUA dashboard. Once verified and any outstanding issues have been resolved, payments will be released.L&I is actively working to resolve the outstanding
People protest at Capitol against Kansas Department of Labor
Several tell KMBC they have not received unemployment payments in months Share Updated: 4:29 PM CST Feb 19, 2021
Several tell KMBC they have not received unemployment payments in months Share Updated: 4:29 PM CST Feb 19, 2021
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Show Transcript HEAR THEIR MESSAGE. HERE AT THE KANSAS STATE CAPITOL IN TOPEKA THERE WEREN’T THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO A PROTEST AGAINST THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUT THOSE THAT DID HAD VERY COMPELLING STORIES. IT’S JUST VERY STRESSFUL. I HAVE THREE KIDS. THIS IS PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIVELIHOODS THEIR HOMES SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CHECK FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IN MONTHS GOVERNOR KELLY AND HER CONSTITUENTS WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND SEND ME A MORTGAGE PAYMENT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I DON’T SEE THAT HAPPENING PEOPLE. HOURS A DAY CALLING THE DEPARTMENT’S HOTLINE, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE CALLING THEY CANNOT