The Pennsylvania Treasury and Department of Labor & Industry announced Monday that they have recaptured nearly $800 million in unemployment benefits targeted by fraudsters.
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Updated: 7:27 PM EDT April 8, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry announced Thursday that the department will launch a new unemployment compensation system on June 8.
The new system, with modern software, will replace an obsolete mainframe legacy system that is more than 40 years old, allowing Pennsylvanians to have a much quicker and easier time filing claims for benefits, according to Acting L&I Secretary Jennifer Berrier. It is the technology with the black screen and the green dots. Frankly it’s amazing that we’ve been able to handle the capacity that we’ve been able to handle during this pandemic, Berrier said.