For example, showing up to work under the influence of alcohol or drugs or having several unexcused absences after written warning would qualify as misconduct. If you quit your job , you won't be eligible for unemployment benefits unless you had good cause for quitting. In general, the good cause requirement will be satisfied if you had a compelling reason for quitting, it left you no choice other than to quit, and you made every effort to keep your job. The following will qualify as good cause, among other things:.
To maintain your eligibility for unemployment benefits, you must be able to work, available to accept a job, and looking for employment. If you're offered a suitable position, you must accept it. For the initial unemployment period, whether a position is suitable depends on several factors, including the level of skill and training required, the similarity between the work and your previous employment, how much the position pays, and the distance between the job site and your residence.
However, as time goes on, you will be expected to modify your standards and consider accepting work that requires less skill or that pays lower wages. You must conduct a reasonable search for work, which includes applying to at least two jobs and conducting at least one other work search activity per week. You should keep a record of your job search efforts, including the employers you have contacted, the dates you made contact, and the outcome.
Benefits are available for up to 26 weeks. You may file your claim for unemployment benefits online, by phone, by fax, or by mail. You can find online filing information and contact information at the DLI's website. Once you file, you must continue to file weekly claims with the DLI for each week for which you are claiming benefits. Once it receives your application, the DLI will send you some documents, including a Notice of Financial Determination indicating your potential benefit amount and duration.
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Nearly one in five Black Pennsylvanians was unemployed as ended, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning D. In order to avoid issues, state officials have released a swath of tutorials and information to help users navigate the new system, which is slated to open on June 8.
Starting Tuesday, the system will resume taking both new and continuing unemployment claims, both of which are currently paused during the transition period. Online tutorials are available in English and Spanish. The Department of Labor and Industry is hosting a series of live workshops , which are also recorded, in which recipients and employers can learn more about the new system.
Philadelphia Legal Assistance has published its own online reference database , which will also be surveying users about their experiences, as well as sharing news and information about glitches and fixes. To help deal with the transition, Pennsylvania hired customer-service staff to take questions, who will be trained and ready in time for June 8, according to Berrier.
The UC Service Center number is Claimants who run into trouble filing online, or who normally file over the phone, will still be able to do so starting on June The number to call will be for English or for Spanish.
The phone outage was unrelated to the new unemployment system and affected several state agencies, according to the department. Phones were back online by about 11 a. But in the interim, people became frantic, locked out of both the online system and the phone lines. State officials said people were placed in an online waiting room, which is triggered by a large number of people using the system, though the exact number is unknown.
Acting Labor Secretary Jennifer Berrier could not say exactly how many people must be using the system for the waiting room function to launch. She admitted that the servers were running slowly because an estimated 10 times as many people were logging on alongside the system launch. Simon-Mishel said those who can afford to wait should give the state a few days to fix glitches and log in then.
She noted that workers can file claims by telephone again starting Thursday if they are still having trouble. Department officials said they identified two areas where several users had trouble. A small percentage of users also had problems logging in or changing their payment type.
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