Pennsylvania to resume work-search rule for jobless benefits
May 24, 2021
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania will resume work search requirements in July for people receiving unemployment compensation, a top Wolf administration official said Monday.
Gov. Tom Wolf s acting labor and industry secretary, Jennifer Berrier, told a state House of Representatives committee hearing that the requirement will resume July 18, meaning that people claiming jobless benefits will have to search for work during the previous week.
She also said that a work registration requirement will resume in September. The requirements have been waived by Wolf under his emergency disaster authority invoked during COVID-19 pandemic.
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Beginning July 18, Pennsylvania’s unemployed workers again will have to prove they applied for two jobs per week to continue to receive jobless benefits, a state labor official said Monday.
Unemployed workers also must register for job search services with the PA CareerLink offices. The requirements were suspended last year as part of Gov. Tom Wolf’s measures to limit the spread of covid, and the state’s CareerLink offices were closed to the public for the same reason.
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By Jim Turner/News Service of Florida
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