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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.
Pa. Department of Labor and Industry ends vocational rehab waitlist
This week, the state’s Department of Labor and Industry has opened up more vocational rehabilitation services.
Pennsylvania agency heads pitch higher funding to help address staffing woes
The State Police, Labor & Industry, Education and Human Services departments say they need to directly hire or encourage more staff to join their professions in the coming year.
Unemployment fraud problems continue for state, laid-off claimants in Pennsylvania
Careers that Work; leveraging the talents and contributions of older workers
Many aspects of the labor force has changed during the past two years, as workers left jobs for new careers and some retired early to explore other opportunities.
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.
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.
Pa. to refund $19 million to 109,000 people it overcharged in unemployment benefit error
The state first learned it had overcharged thousands of people unemployment interest in 2016, but didn’t disclose it until Spotlight PA asked about the problem.
Unemployed advocates call for benefits to be restored
Advocates for out-of-work Pennsylvanians are calling on the state Department of Labor and Industry to reinstate unemployment benefits that they allege have been improperly halted for thousands of claimants.