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New York State Team After nearly 18 months of expanded benefits due to COVID-19, New Yorkers may soon see a hit to their unemployment checks as most federal benefits programs expire in the coming weeks and months.  After COVID-19 hit New York in March 2020, normal unemployment payouts more than doubled in size as the federal government rapidly approved pandemic-related relief for U.S. workers being laid off by the millions.  Those federal programs built on the state’s baseline unemployment insurance allotment. They offered supplemental benefits in the form of extra cash or extended benefi...

Updated: 6:45 AM EDT May 20, 2021 The Department of Labor & Industry announced that Pennsylvania's unemployment rate has fallen low enough to automatically conclude the Extended Benefits program.The program officially concluded the claim week ending on May 15, 2021.Last week, L&I said the approximately 7,000 people filing for benefits on the EB program will be moved to the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program beginning May 16. The PEUC program will be available for eligible individuals until the week ending Sept. 4.The change in program does not cause any cha...

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Updated: 7:26 AM EDT May 16, 2021 The Department of Labor & Industry announced last week that Pennsylvania's unemployment rate has fallen low enough to automatically conclude the Extended Benefits program.The program officially concluded the claim week ending on May 15, 2021.L&I said the approximately 7,000 people filing for benefits on the EB program will be moved to the federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program beginning May 16. The PEUC program will be available for eligible individuals until the week ending Sept. 4.The change in program does not cause any chan...

The Department of Labor & Industry says Pennsylvania's unemployment rate has fallen low enough to automatically conclude the Extended Benefits program, effective the claim week ending May 15.