PA Unemployment Compensation system will be offline May 30-June 7
(May 30, 2021) HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's Unemployment Compensation computer system will be TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN from May 30-June 7 to install a new computer system. During that time, claimants will NOT have access to their accounts. The Dept. of Labor and Industry states that the system will reopen on Tuesday, June 8.
Phone lines will remain open for questions at 888-313-7284, but you will not be able to file a claim by phone.
More information is available at the following links:
State website: https://bit.ly/3bXKiB8
Videos, PDFs and more to explain the transition: https://bit.ly/3upqugv
Q&A at Dept. of Labor and Industry's Facebook and Twitter feeds (search @palaborindustry)
This will NOT affect Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). Programs that will transition to the new system are:
Unemployment Compensation (UC)
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)
Extended Benefits (EB)
Shared Work or Short-Time Compensation (STC)
Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA)
IMPORTANT: The PUA website remains open!
The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) website is not shutting down! If you file for PUA by logging in with a username and password, you are not affected.
Note: A version of this story appeared in LASP’s May 2021 e-news. To see current and earlier editions and/or subscribe to this monthly e-publication, visit lasp.org/enews.
More information on the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation computer upgrade is at the Dept. of Labor and Industry website.
The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) website remains open from May 30-June 7, 2021!