June 12, 2023 | 11:05 AM
tag | unemployment compensation
Updated: 2022-08-16 15:44:12
Pa. works to tackle unemployment compensation problems. Advocates want the job done right.
Advocates say some people applying for state unemployment benefits have had trouble doing so for the last two years. They’re asking Pennsylvania’s Labor & Industry Department to more fully address those issues.
March 28, 2022 | 11:19 AM
Part of Pennsylvania’s persistent Unemployment Compensation backlog? Not enough workers
More than two years after the first pandemic-related business shutdowns, tens of thousands of unemployment claims continue to plague Pennsylvania’s unemployment compensation system.
January 20, 2022 | 6:49 PM
Unemployment fraud problems continue for state, laid-off claimants in Pennsylvania
440,000 unemployment claims have been flagged as potentially fraudulent between when its new computer system went online last summer and the end of 2021.
October 13, 2021 | 5:05 PM
Officials say they’re continuing to fight fraud involving Pennsylvania’s beleaguered unemployment system
The state has struggled to distinguish between fraudulent and legitimate claims, which some said led many unemployed Pennsylvanians to deal with cumbersome verification systems designed to root out fraud.
September 24, 2021 | 5:00 AM
Unemployment refunds going out to those Pa. overcharged five years after issue discovered
In all, the agency estimates it owes $19.4 million to tens of thousands of people who were erroneously charged an inflated interest rate between 2006 and 2016.
August 30, 2021 | 2:56 PM
Federal aid ending for hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania
In the first week of August, roughly 640,000 people were receiving the extra $300 per week.
