Pennsylvania To Launch New Unemployment Compensation System

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
HARRISBURG (KDKA) – The state is launching a new unemployment compensation system to replace the current one, which has been described as “held together with bubble gum and rubber bands.”
The Department of Labor and Industry says the new system will launch on June 8, and will also handle programs like pandemic emergency unemployment compensation and extended benefits.
It comes after the pandemic created a year of frustration over long waits, system crashe