Filing for unemployment benefits will be paused May 30 due to conversion to new system
Updated May 05, 2021;
It will cause the system to go offline for a week and a day, temporarily preventing residents from filing cliams. But earlier estimates called for the system to be offline for two weeks.
Officials from the state Department of Labor & Industry offered this revised timeline during a Wednesday meeting of the advisory panel appointed by the Legislature to monitor the computer conversion project. The labor department is moving from a mainframe system that is nearly 50 years old to one that will be accessible on mobile and tablet devices.
Pa.’s move to new unemployment compensation computer system set for June 8
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
Posted Apr 08, 2021
Acting Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced on Thursday the long-awaited modern computer system for running the state s unemployment compensation program will go live on June 8.
April 8, 2021
Screenshot from Pa. Senate website
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Pennsylvania’s 16-year-long beleaguered effort to modernize its unemployment compensation computer system is said to have reached the final stage with the plan to go live on June 8.
Acting Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced on Thursday that is the target date when Pennsylvanians will begin using the new web-based system that is billed as user-friendly for unemployed individuals and employers alike.