Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier said Tuesday that problems with the unemployment system have been fixed or will be soon fixed.
Dept. of Labor & Industry gives update on issues impacting PUA, PEUC systems
Claimants have run into a number of issues when trying to file their claims following the programs reopening within the last week. Author: Chelsea Koerbler (FOX43) Updated: 8:26 AM EST January 27, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. The Department of Labor and Industry gave an update Tuesday on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance programs. Both expired at the end of December 2020, but began within the last week following the extensions of the CARES Act by U.S. Congress.
With the systems back up and running, claimants have run into a number of problems. Dept. of L&I says, it is working to fix the issues claimants are having. Some of those issues and solutions include:
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The state Department of Labor & Industry is working through glitches as it begins paying benefits for two unemployment programs to benefit those out of work because of COVID-19, following Congress’s reauthorization of the programs after they expired just before the end of last year.
“I understand how frustrating it is,” said acting Labor Secretary Jennifer Berrier. “Not everything has gone as smoothly as we wanted.”
The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program ended Dec. 26, and the federal government didn’t complete its extension of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act that renewed them until the next day and then didn’t give states guidance for the renewal until Jan. 11, according to a department news release.
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We’ve reported several times, with ensuing flourishing forums by frustrated applicants (841 comments on this particular item), about the state’s progress in getting federally authorized assistance programs underway for those left jobless by the pandemic.
KTHV did further reporting on the subject yesterday. As luck has it, I received a comprehensive rundown on the various unemployment programs late yesterday from
Alisha Curtis, spokesperson for the
Arkansas Commerce Department, which oversees the
Workforce Services Division. Questions and answers follow, in full, with a key fact being that Arkansas is still weeks away from having its computer system updated to handled pandemic unemployment assistance payments. It is apparently one of a small number of of states in that posture.