Deadline to File Claims Nears as Pa. Unemployment Site to Shut Down for Week Pennsylvania s Department of Labor and Industry is shutting down its website at 9 p.m. Wednesday night ahead of a relaunch of a new unemployment computer platform June 8. By NBC10 Responds •
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Anyone who needs to file a weekly unemployment claim in Pennsylvania must do so by 9 p.m. tonight or wait a week to submit for compensation because the state is shutting down its computer processing system ahead of a planned reboot.
The deadline is for weekly compensation claims through the Department of Labor and Industry Unemployment Compensation (UC) and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) systems.
New PA unemployment compensation computer system just weeks away
Delays in the processing of unemployment claims have long frustrated Pennsylvanians. Share Updated: 6:56 PM EDT May 10, 2021
Delays in the processing of unemployment claims have long frustrated Pennsylvanians. Share Updated: 6:56 PM EDT May 10, 2021
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Show Transcript REPORTER: DELAYS HAVE FRUSTRATED PENNSYLVANIANS. IT’S BEEN WORSE BECAUSE JOB LOSSES FURTHER STRAINED THE 40-YEAR-OLD COMPUTER SYSTEM. WE ARE TOLD THERE IS ASSURANCE NERVOUS ABOUT THE SWITCH TO THE NEW SYSTEM. I NO CHANGE CAN BE DIFFICULT. IN THE CASE OF OUR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEM, CHANGE IS FOR THE BEST. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL BE EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO USE. REPORTER: THE SYSTEM WILL BE OFF-LINE SEVERAL DAYS FROM MAY 30-JUNE 7. IT WILL BE LIVE ONLINE ON JUNE 8 AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO FILE BEFORE OR AFTER THE DOWNTIME. IT WILL BE FASTER AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO GET PAYMENTS INTO THE HANDS OF ELIGI