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Rep. Kate Klunk, R-York, holds up a newspaper classified section with jobs that are going unfilled in her area.
Those receiving unemployment may have to once again prove they are looking for work.
Work search requirements were suspended legislatively through the end of 2020, but Gov. Tom Wolf has continued to waive them administratively since then. At a recent Labor and Industry Committee hearing, the Acting Secretary testified that the full range of work search and registration requirements may not be reinstated until September, which is far too long to wait to begin Pennsylvania’s economic recovery.
Rep. Jim Cox, R-Cox, said 27 other states have reinstated work search requirements for people to be eligible for unemployment benefits. Cox’ legislation My bill would require the Department of Labor and Industry to reinstate the work search and registration requirements no later than June 8, the date the new Unemployment Compensation benefits system
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Washington is in the process of spending more than $6 trillion to rescue an economy that doesn t need rescuing. A look at U.S. economic data or the Help Wanted signs across the Delaware Valley shows just how insane this spending plan is.
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, passed in March, was marketed primarily as economic stimulus. The Washington Post dubbed it among the largest economic stimulus packages in U.S. history.
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The White House touts the American Jobs Plan, which it says will cost $2.3 trillion, as necessary to reimagine and rebuild a new economy.
The White House says the American Families Plan, with a touted price tag of $1.8 trillion, is needed to build a stronger economy….
MARC LEVY Associated Press
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A tractor trailer rig pulls into a terminal for a trucking company that has a $10,000 hiring bonus offer posted on a trailer at their facility in Harmony, Pa., Wednesday, May 5.
HARRISBURG Republicans in Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Legislature are advancing legislation to reinstate work-search requirements for people claiming unemployment benefits, with one survey showing that workers aren’t taking open jobs at a record rate.
The bill cleared the House Labor and Industry Committee on a party-line vote Tuesday.
Lawmakers suspended the work-search requirement through 2020 amid the pandemic last year, and Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, extended the waiver administratively into this year. The bill would reinstate the requirement starting June 8.
State GOP seeks to restore work-search rule for unemployment benefits
Marc Levy
The Associated Press
HARRISBURG Republicans in Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Legislature are advancing legislation to reinstate work-search requirements for people claiming unemployment benefits, with one survey showing that workers aren’t taking open jobs at a record rate.
The bill cleared the House Labor and Industry Committee on a party-line vote Tuesday.
Lawmakers suspended the work-search requirement through 2020 amid the pandemic last year, and Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, extended the waiver administratively into this year. The bill would reinstate the requirement starting June 8.
Wolf’s office did not say whether he supports or opposes the bill, only that he would review it should it pass the Legislature.