Pennsylvanians can ask questions directly to unemployment compensation experts during the Department of Labor & Industry’s 11th live virtual town hall, from 1 to 2 p.m. The event will feature information about regular unemployment compensation and other federal COVID-19-related benefits programs.
A livestream will be online at access.live/PAlabor. Those without internet access can listen by calling 1-833-380-0719, however access is limited so this should be reserved for individuals who need it.
Participants can ask questions live during the town hall. To protect participants’ personal confidential information, detailed answers about individual claim questions cannot be answered during the town hall.
Pennsylvania has implemented all of the new programs under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act:
– Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) – for self-employed, gig workers, contractors and others not normally eligible for UC
– Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) – additional 13 weeks of benefits to people who exhaust their regular UC
– Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) – extra $600 per week for anyone receiving unemployment benefits – the federal government created and funded the FPUC program; under federal requirement, the claim week ending July 25 was the last $600 FPUC payment claimants will receive; however, anyone receiving payments for UC claim weeks April 4 through July 25 will still receive backdated FPUC payments if eligible; the federal government must approve any extension of the program
Recordings of prior public town halls are available here. More information is available here.
