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Jobless Pennsylvanians, Attorneys Fear More Problems As Work-Search Requirement Returns
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HARRISBURG â Unemployed Pennsylvanians and their advocates are bracing for the return of work-search requirements, fearing the overburdened system is not yet equipped to handle another change.
Beginning July 18, people seeking unemployment must attest that they applied for two jobs and completed a âwork search activity,â like attending a job fair or posting a resume on a recruiting site, the week prior. The requirement will also apply to those in the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, which expanded benefit eligibility to business owners, freelancers, and independent contractors.
For unemployed Pennsylvanians, the requirement could create more hurdles to navigate a system riddled with inefficiencies that has left some without benefits for weeks or months. Advocates fear that some unemployed residents donât know about impending change, leaving them vulnerable to being denied assistance.
Businesses could be spared billions of dollars of higher taxes in coming years potentially freeing up money to spend on employees or invest in their operations as a result of federal coronavirus aid flowing to the states. Governors and lawmakers in more than half the states are planning to use at least part of their federal pandemic relief money to bail out unemployment insurance trust funds that were drained by a surge in jobless claims caused by business closures and restrictions, according to an Associated Press review. By tapping into the federal aid, states could avoid automatic tax hikes that otherwise would be imposed on businesses to repay federal loans that have kept state unemployment systems afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. That means state jobless funds could recover much faster than they did after the Great Recession, when it took some states five to 10 years to replenish their funds. “For the first time in decades, states will be able to come out of an economic
States tap federal aid to shore up empty unemployment funds
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Governor Mark Gordon (courtesy of Wyoming PBS and YouTube)
Businesses could be spared billions of dollars of higher taxes in coming years potentially freeing up money to spend on employees or invest in their operations as a result of federal coronavirus aid flowing to the states.
Governors and lawmakers in more than half the states are planning to use at least part of their federal pandemic relief money to bail out unemployment insurance trust funds that were drained by a surge in jobless claims caused by business closures and restrictions, according to an Associated Press review.
States tap federal aid to shore up empty unemployment funds
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