STATE PLANS TO REENACT UNEMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS IN JULY By Hometown1 Acting State Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced yesterday that beginning July 18 th, jobless workers will have to prove they applied for two jobs per week in order to receive unemployment benefits, and must also register with PA Careerlink. Those two requirements were suspended last year because of the pandemic. Some industry representatives, however, want the requirements to start earlier. The president of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association testified at a hearing of the House Labor & Industry Committee yesterday that there are about 60,000 trucking jobs available, paying as much as 20 dollars per hour, but they are being told by prospective drivers that they make as much staying home as they would if they were working. Rebecca Oyler also told the committee that Pennsylvania needs to do away with the extra $300 per week the federal government is paying the unemployed, as at least 20 other states have done.