PERSON IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE.
FOR THE 13th CONSECUTIVE
WEEK MORE MORE THAN 1 MILLION
JOBLESS CLAIMS HAVE BEEN
RECORDED.
ONE .5 MILLION LAID-OFF WORKERS
FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
LAST WEEK.
NEARLY 21 MILLION PEOPLE ARE
NOW OFFICIALLY CLASSIFIED AS
UNEMPLOYED.
IN ADDITION TO STANDARD FILINGS
THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE
QUARTERS OF 1 MILLION CLAIMS
UNDER THE PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.> THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRY HOSTED A VIRTUAL TOWN
HALL THIS AFTERNOON ON
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
GABRIELLA FOUND OUT WHAT THE
STATE IS READY TO GO DO TO HELP
PEOPLE. Reporter: THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE SO HIGH
IN PENNSYLVANIA RIGHT NOW THE
STATE OFFICIALS ARE GETTING
READY TO EXTEND BENEFITS.
SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED
IN MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
AND IN UNEMPLOYMENT TOWN HALL
STATE OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THERE
HAS BEEN TO .8 MILLION
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS SINCE THE
COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
FOR MONTHS CHANNEL 11 HAS BEEN
TELLING YOU ABOUT BUSINESSES IN
OUR AREA THAT ARE SHUTTING
DOWN.
THOUSANDS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
JOBS.
THE EXTENDED BENEFITS PROGRAM
WILL START THE BEGINNING OF
JULY.
AND RECIPIENTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR AN EXTRA 9 TO 13 WEEKS OF
UNEMPLOYMENT.
ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS THE
PROGRAM THAT ONLY IS ENACTED
WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT RATES REACH A
CERTAIN LEVEL.
SOMETHING THAT WAS PROMPTED BY
COVID 19.
THIS NEWS MAY COME AS A RELIEF
FOR SOME.
OTHERS MAY BE DISAPPOINTED TO
HEAR THE PANDEMIC EMERGENCY
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
PROGRAM IS COMING TO AN END
JULY 25.
IT IS THE FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT
GIVES UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE $600 A
