TOM: Usually Epidemic Unemployment Assistance is provided to people who would normally not qualify for unemployment benefits. Usually these people are giants, freelancers, or employees themselves. Pennsylvania says payments will now be made again after CARES ACT funding is extended. To start applying for additional weeks, you must access the online unemployment dashboard and claim the additional weeks. You will be able to apply for January 2, January 9, January 16, and January 23. You must apply by January 29th. If you miss the deadline, you will need to send an email to [email protected]. The state says if you haven’t filed claims before and are planning to do so for the first time in 2021, you cannot file your claims yet and the state will notify you when you can. Pennsylvania says it is in the final stages of preparing to send out unemployment compensation payments in a pandemic emergency as well. The Department of Labor and Industry says you don’t need to do anything special to get the extra $ 300 applied to unemployment payments and that the extra money will become
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry resumes unemployment payments for the PUA program
The epidemic unemployment aid program is part of the latest stimulus package
Updated: 2:37 PM EST on January 24, 2021
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry says unemployment benefits will appeal to residents who file claims under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program, and the PUA payments, which are part of the latest federal stimulus package, have been delayed for weeks as L&I has worked to upgrade their computer system to meet new federal requirements. It is estimated that about 400,000 Pennsylvania people are based on PUA benefits. The Department of Labor and Industry issued the following statement on Friday, January 22: “Today, Pennsylvania State Minister of Labor and Industry, Jennifer Perrier, announced that Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments are in the new federal CARES Act” since federal legislation to extend the CARES Act was unveiled The new, dedicated L&I team is working tirelessly to modernize our processing systems, ”Perrier said.“ We know that more than 400,000 Pennsylvania residents and their families are counting on these PUA benefits to overcome this terrible epidemic and have worked as quickly as possible to complete implementation and resume payments. ” The “Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program (PUA) extension” PUA assists workers who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19 and are not normally eligible for other unemployment compensation programs. This includes temporary workers, freelancers, and the self-employed. “Important PUA Program The following is the extension information for claimants. You can start filing 11 additional claim weeks today, January 22nd. Follow the same previous process to log into your control panel and claim the additional weeks, which will be added to your account. You must file by 29) Jan. If you miss this deadline, you will need to send an email to [email protected] to request the reverse date. You will be able to file for the weeks January 2; 9; 16; 23- If you no longer have weeks claiming or have not submitted a file for the week Expired December 26, 2020, for whatever reason, you must reopen your claim before you can proceed. To do this, log into your control panel and click on the link to reopen a prompt. If you try to open a new claim while the PUA program is not activated. , You will find error codes that UC personnel must fix before you can proceed. Please be patient while we work quickly to resolve your issue. If you are a new plaintiff, first time in PUA opening a claim in 2021, you cannot apply yet. We are still adding 2020 as a base year. For wages in the system We will notify you when you are able to apply for benefits. You will automatically receive an additional $ 300 per week in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) – you don’t need to take any action to get this increase. “Claimants who have questions about their PUA registration should send an email to [email protected].” The original CARES Act programs, including Emergency and Epidemic Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), expired at the end of December 2020. L&I is in the final stages of PEUC implementation and an update will be provided to these claimants soon. “ Labor Department links to claimants Important updates and news about the PUA program Federal CARES Act Important updates in L&I related to the COVID-19 Report on Unemployment Fraud and Identity Theft 2020 Tax Forms for Claimants
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry He says unemployment benefits will appeal to residents who file claims under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program.
PUA Payments, which are part of the latest federal stimulus package, It was delayed for weeks as L&I updated their computer system to meet new federal requirements. It is estimated that about 400,000 Pennsylvania people are based on PUA benefits.
The Ministry of Labor and Industry issued the following statement on Friday, January 22:
Today, Acting Labor Secretary at the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Jennifer Perrier announced that Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments in the new federal CARES Act extension will resume.
“Since the federal legislation to extend the new CARES Act was unveiled, our dedicated L&I team has been working tirelessly to modernize our processing systems,” said Perrier. “We know that more than 400,000 Pennsylvania and their families are counting on these PUA benefits to get through this terrible epidemic and work as quickly as possible to complete enforcement and resume payments.”
“Extension of the Epidemic Unemployment Assistance Program (PUA)”
PUA It helps workers who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19 and are not usually eligible for other unemployment compensation programs. This includes freelancers and self-employed workers.
“Important PUA Claimant Program Extension Information Follow.
- You can begin filing an additional 11 weeks of claim Today is January 22.
- Follow the same process as before to log into your dashboard and claim the additional weeks that will be added to your account.
- You must apply by January 29th. If you miss this deadline, you will need to send an email [email protected] To request the date.
- You will be able to file a file for January 2 weeks; 9; 16; And 23.
- If, for any reason, you no longer have claim weeks or filed for the week ending 26 December 2020, you must reopen your claim before you can proceed. To do this, log into your Control Panel and click the link to reopen a prompt.
- If you try to open a new claim while the PUA program is inactive, you will have error codes that UC personnel must fix before you can proceed. Please be patient while we work quickly to resolve your issue.
- If you are a new plaintiff, for the first time in the PUA opening a claim in 2021, you cannot file yet. We are still adding 2020 as a base year of wages in the system and we will notify you when you are able to apply for benefits.
- You will automatically receive an additional $ 300 per week of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) – you get it. Not You need to take no action to get this boost.
“Plaintiffs who have questions about their PUA registration should send an email [email protected].
“The original CARES Act programs, including Epidemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), expired at the end of December 2020. L&I is in the final stages of implementing PEUC and will provide an update to these claimants soon.”
Labor Administration Links for Claimants
