Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dipped to 6.7% in December, down 0.1 percentage points from November, and matching the national rate.
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Pennsylvania unemployment rate drops
Pennsylvania has regained more than half of the jobs lost in March and April because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Unemployment in Pennsylvania: Few claimants with frozen benefits confirming identities
Two weeks after Pennsylvania launched a new layer of fraud checks, most independent contractors and gig workers whose unemployment benefits were temporarily frozen have yet to verify their identities.
Read More »State L&I paid nearly $30 billion in unemployment benefits since mid March
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry paid more than $29.5 billion in unemployment benefits since Pennsylvania’s businesses first closed in mid-March as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Pennsylvania unemployment rate falls to 8.1%
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped 2.3 percentage points to 8.1% in September as the state tries to recover from the COVID-19 shutdown.
Read More »New ID verification system starts for Pa. unemployment payments
New identity verification procedures are now in effect for those filing claims with the Pennsylvania Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program.
Read More »Federal and state orgs warn against unemployment assistance scams
The theft of more than $44 million in federal funds meant for unemployed Pennsylvanians was thwarted by government agencies and banking institutions, the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on Tuesday.
Read More »Jobs returning to Pa. in June, unemployment rate remains high
While many businesses began reopening in June as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate remained at a high 13%.
Read More »1.3M workers file for unemployment as COVID-19 surges, pushing total in crisis above 51M
A closely watched gauge of layoffs across the U.S. held steady at a historically high level last week, pushing the total during the coronavirus-induced economic crisis to a mind-boggling 51.3 million.
Read More »Sen. Toomey: reopening after COVID-19 “off to a very impressive start”
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey told a room of midstate business leaders that he is cautiously optimistic about the country’s reopening, that he expects a fifth COVID-19 relief bill to pass through the U.S. Senate in the coming weeks and that the bill could feature a provision on liability protection.
Read More »Layoffs: About 1.3M more workers likely filed jobless claims even while states reopen economies
Despite encouraging signs that the economy is emerging from the deepest recession in U.S. history, massive COVID-19-related layoffs have continued.
Read More »Who in the Central PA region is hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic?
While many businesses have been forced to shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some industries that are in need of extra staff.
Read More »Pennsylvania unemployment claims jump to nearly 650K
As expected, unemployment claims in Pennsylvania have skyrocketed since the governor began implementing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Read More »PA unemployment rate hits 4.3%, highest this year
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was the highest it has been all year in November after hitting a record low in April.
Read More »Think interest rates are low now? Just wait
Do you remember when banks used to pay a reasonable sum for cash deposits? It may seem like quite a while ago, but money market investments used to yield between 3% and 4% while a 13 month CD could earn you a whopping 4.5% or even 5%.
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