The federal government shutdown has put hundreds of thousands of federal workers on furlough, and the Trump administration is threatening layoffs during the shutdown. But furloughed…
Category: Unemployment
Pittsburgh advocates for the unemployed ask Pennsylvania officials to speed up appeals process
90.5 WESA | By Tom Riese Published February 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM EST See original article here Pittsburgh-area advocates – some of whom waited nearly half…
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees
If you are a federal employee in Pennsylvania who has been laid off or terminated, you should apply for unemployment compensation. You can apply for…
Special Report: Pennsylvania failing the unemployed in not meeting standards with claims
Christina Kristofic TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER – Dec 30, 2024Click here to view the original story Adam Goldman, executive director of the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, left,…
In 2 years, call wait time for unemployment compensation help is down 75%
See the original article here. By Bill O’Boyle boboyle@timesleader.com WILKES-BARRE — Since the start of the Shapiro Administration, the Department of Labor & Industry (L&I)…
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP BREAKDOWN OF THE WEEK- MARCH 23, 2023
This Breakdown is a very familiar one for PUP. We are still hearing every day that people can’t get through on the phone lines. PUP…
Unemployment Comp Breakdown of the Week – March 7, 2023
Marilyn called PUP March 7 from Lancaster, PA. She is of Haitian descent and English is her second language. Her last day of work was…
UNEMPLOYMENT BREAKDOWN OF THE WEEK MARCH 2, 2023- A REASON FOR HOPE
Reason for hope for a better UC system. On February 23 new Labor Secretary Nancy Walker called a meeting of advocates for the unemployed to…
Unemployment Comp Breakdown of the Week-Feb. 23, 2023
Tracey spent from June 9, 2022 until February 22, 2023 waiting to get her unemployment compensation from the PA Department of Labor and Industry. She…
Unemployment Breakdown of the Month 2-16-23
Brenda filed an initial unemployment claim in June 2022 , and filed weekly. By July 2022 she still had received no response from UC and…