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Two people hold signs at a rally in support of unemployed people in downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
Long-awaited upgrades to Pennsylvania’s online unemployment benefits system are expected to be ready to launch by early summer.
Earlier this month, the state Department of Labor and Industry
pointed to June 8 as the day it would launch a new-and-improved way to file unemployment claims, get updates, send messages to department employees, and more in real time. It would replace a benefits system that’s been in place since the 1980s.
“We believe that the conditions are right to go live with the new system in June, and we’re very excited for it to do just that because of the efficiencies it will create,” Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier said during a