Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced last week that the department’s new unemployment compensation system will launch June 8.The new system – which will replace an obsolete 40-year-old mainframe legacy system – is expected to make it faster and simpler for Pennsylvanians to file claims. The new system will be easy to use, provide access to important information and streamline the unemployment claim filing process for workers, employers, unemployment program staff and third-party administrators, Berrier said. System will have to be shut down for weeksMoving data from one system to the other will require shutting down the unemployment compensation system for two weeks, meaning people will not be able to file claims during that time.The shutdown will impact anyone getting Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation and extended benefits.Filers will still be paid for backdated claims during the transition period. New unemplo