Rotunda at the Pennsylvania Capitol Harrisburg.
Dwight Nadig
The Pew Charitable Trusts urges the creation of Pennsylvania’s Keystone Saves. This state-facilitated retirement savings program for businesses without a retirement plan relies on regular payroll contributions to fund individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Keystone Saves would be a public-private partnership in which IRAs are professionally managed by a third-party financial firm overseen by the state with administration and investment fees kept low through the economies of scale created by a statewide program. Among its many important benefits, the program would:
Give businesses a no-cost retirement benefit for their workers
Keystone Saves would apply to businesses that have five or more employees, do not otherwise offer a retirement plan such as a 401(k), and have been operating in the commonwealth for more than a year. The employer’s only role would be registering for the program and facilitating workers’ payro
The Pennsylvania Treasury and Department of Labor & Industry announced Monday that they have recaptured nearly $800 million in unemployment benefits targeted by fraudsters.
Apr 13, 2021
Pennsylvania Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam says today is a key day in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. All Pennsylvanians 16 and older will be eligible to schedule a vaccine appointment, Beam says. That s almost a week sooner than the previously scheduled date of Monday, April 19th. The state hopes moving the eligibility date ahead will help it get to its goal of getting 80-percent of eligible adults vaccinated faster.
Pennsylvania is sending mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinics to minority communities. The state is partnering with the Latino Connection and Highmark Blue Shield. Officials say in order to solve health care inequality and reach our vulnerable and underserved communities, we need to meet people where they are. Over the next few months, about 120 mobile vaccination events will take place across the state with educational materials given out to battle vaccine hesitancy. Pennsylvanians can start registering for an upcoming mobile vacci
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State treasurer s office, Dept. of Labor & Industry teamed up to recapture $800 million in fraudulent unemployment benefits, agencies say
Much of that work was based on information from thousands of honest Pennsylvanians who returned payments they had not requested, the agencies said. Author: Keith Schweigert (FOX43) Updated: 1:10 PM EDT April 12, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa.
Note: The video is from June 2020.
The Pennsylvania Treasurer s Office and the Department of Labor & Industry successfully recaptured $800 million in unemployment benefits collected by fraudsters, Treasurer Stacy Garrity and acting L&I Secretary Jennifer Berrier said Monday in a press release.
The vast majority of identified fraud was connected to the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, the agencies said.