Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate fell slightly in March
Payrolls across the commonwealth expanded in February by 24,000, closer to 5.7 million.
After a year of frustration over long waits for benefits, jammed phone lines and confusing filing procedures, Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry is promising a much quicker and easier unemployment compensation claims filing system.
Many observers and advocates say Pennsylvania’s problems in this area run too deep for a quick fix – a combination of years of underfunding and staff cuts, a complicated unemployment system, and the bad timing of the pandemic striking prior to a major IT modernization
Tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians like McCreary have or will reach the end of their state unemployment benefits this month and next.
