The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announced Saturday that it will begin issuing Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits thi
PUA now accepting benefit claims from Gig workers, self-employed January 22, 2021
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Gig workers, freelancers and the self-employed in the state can now begin applying for claims for an extra $300 in weekly assistance.
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry announced that the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program of the federal CARES Act extension, or PUA, is now accepting claims for those who don’t meet the requirements for traditional unemployment compensation, but have lost work because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We know that more than 400,000 Pennsylvanians and their families are relying on these PUA benefits to get through this terrible pandemic and have worked as quickly as possible to complete the implementation and resume payments,” said Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier.
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GREENTOWN, Pa. The story that Garry Ammeraal from Greene Township shared with me on the phone today is one that has become practically commonplace.
He lost his job last spring and joined the hundreds of thousands of people on Pennsylvania s unemployment rolls.
Things were going as well as they could have been until the federal CARES Act expired.
Neither Ammeraal nor his fiance have seen a dime since November.
Hundreds of thousands Pennsylvanians are waiting on delayed unemployment checks
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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) It’s been weeks since hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians have received unemployment checks.
“My husband’s disabled and we only get one check a month and it only goes so far,” Martie Bachman said.
After being laid off from her accounting job last April, Martie Bachman started collecting unemployment, but her benefits ended in November and she hasn’t gotten a check since, leaving her to rely on the kindness of others.
“It’s been hard but we do have good friends and there are food pantries,” she said.
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