PA Unemployment 12 week waiting period? Is anyone else having issues?

Submitted by DaveWaggy25 t3_y3cyqd in Pennsylvania

Hello,

I lost my job back in August and still have yet to receive any unemployment compensation after filing. It's been about 8 weeks so far with nothing. I made a few phone calls to their number and they (PA unemployment) say it can take up to 12 weeks for it to be approved! To me that is a very long time, has anyone else had any luck with them recently? The good news is that I found a job and start next week, I have a feeling I'll get my first paycheck before I get any benefits.

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Thanks

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Cinemaslap1 t1_is82kdy wrote

Reach out to your government rep. They have people specifically to help with this. When I lost my job twice, she helped out in a major way

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griffincyde t1_is7xcvy wrote

I was laid off involuntarily in August as well. I had several issues that needed to be corrected like the wrong address on file. Could not open a new claim with the wrong address. Their phone number gives a busy signal and disconnects. I emailed numerous times with no reply. I finally contacted my local senator and their office put in an inquiry with the department of Labor and unemployment finally gave me a call. They updated my address and I thought I would be fine to file. But because it took so long for them to get back to me my claim date was well passed my last day worked so I had to get a hold of them again. I tried messaging them internally through my UC dashboard with no luck. I had my local senator's office reach out to them again and they contacted me again and they had to ask me a whole bunch of questions making sure I attempted to contact them otherwise a supervisor would have had to get involved. After about 6 or 8 weeks all my issues were finally resolved and I was finally able to claim all of my time off and I got my money within a week or so after that. I asked the lady on the phone she said they are just wildly outnumbered as far as claims and reps available. Try contacting your local senator or congressman's office to help you out. Good luck.

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Wuz314159 t1_is85b4c wrote

I gave up on UC after month 16 of lock-down.

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atomoicman t1_is8tpes wrote

Reach out to our Representative!!!

I was in the same problem last year around November. I didn’t receive funds until January! But it was within a week of me contacting my State Representative. Pa unemployment sucks ass! And I’ll be trying to move to Delaware cause everything about pa fucking sucks 🫠

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