Jan 25, 2021
01/23/2021
Harrisburg, PA –Today, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced that payments for the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program in the new federal CARES Act extension will resume the week of January 24. Since receiving the information we needed from the federal Department of Labor two weeks ago, L&I has worked as quickly as possible to update our processing system so PEUC claimants can resume filing for benefits, said Berrier. We know that more than 100,000 Pennsylvanians were actively receiving PEUC when the program ended in December. Our team has worked tirelessly so we can begin issuing payments to the out-of-work claimants and their families who need them during this global pandemic.
Update:
On Saturday the Department of Labor and Industry announced that extended unemployment benefits for self-employed Pennsylvanians would resumed the week of January 24. These are payments for PUA claimants who ve exhausted benefits.
Unemployment benefits resumed for more than 400,000 Pennsylvania’s self-employed workers Friday, nearly one month after they stopped when the first COVID-19 pandemic stimulus act expired.
But roughly 100,000 more of these workers who’ve exhausted unemployment benefits will need to wait a little longer for benefit extensions.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program claimants could begin filing for benefits Friday under the new federal CARES Act extension, said Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier said in a news release.
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Updated: 8:32 AM EST Jan 21, 2021 By Tom Lehman WGAL News 8 has received many calls and emails from viewers who are wondering: Where are my unemployment benefits?Funding for two federal programs, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), expired in late December.New funding for those programs was part of the most recent federal stimulus package, but the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry said there is a hitch.The federal government has new requirements for PUA and PEUC, including increased verification of benefits.A spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry said the state has to revamp the computer system that issues benefits for the programs, and that could also delay the extra $300 per week that people might be expecting with those benefits.State officials said there is no timetable for when PUA and PEUC payments will resume.People who have questions should email uchelp@pa.gov.UPD