Now that unemployment benefits have resumed for Pennsylvania’s self-employed workers, the state is working on fixing glitches that have slowed the claim process.
Since the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program reopened on Jan. 22, the Department of Labor and Industry has received reports of problems with filing claims, Acting Secretary Jennifer Barrier said in an update Tuesday.
“While we know that payments were issued to many claimants over the past four days, we are also aware that some people have encountered issues. We understand the frustration of the claimants who’ve been waiting for their payments to resume we are frustrated too and are working to make it right,” Berrier said.
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BATON ROUGE - Monday, 2 On Your Side heard from the Secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission over long waits and lack of responses to unemployment claims. Sec. Ava Dejoie speaking today amid ongoing complaints about how long it s taking people to get help since they ve been out of work due to COVID-19.
Over the last few months, 2 On Your Side has heard from hundreds of people who say they re waiting on an unemployment check or can t reach anyone at the unemployment office. Some people say that they haven t received benefits for months and their utilities are being shut off. LWC said Monday that their system is overloaded since it s paid out seven times the number of people in 2020 compared to 2019.
Louisiana’s improving jobless rate means the state no longer qualifies for the federally funded Extended Benefits (EB) Program, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
Federal benefit program ends for Louisiana
Louisiana’s improving unemployment rate means the end of one of the federally funded benefits programs that began during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Louisiana Workforce Commission announced Monday.
The U.S. Department of Labor notified the LWC that Louisiana’s unemployment rate no longer meets the criteria to continue the Extended Benefits program past Jan. 23. The labor department says Louisiana’s unemployment rate was 8.3% in November, down from 9.4% the previous month but still higher than all but six other states.
About 5,200 state residents have EB claims. Those with active claims will be transferred to the federal government’s Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, the LWC says.