Unemployment Benefits Resources

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What to know if you are to be eligible for unemployment benefits in Pennsylvania
Jensen Toussaint, Al Dia

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry recently announced unemployment benefits will only continue for those who provide proof that they have searched for work. Starting in July, Pennsylvania will resume its work search requirement for eligible unemployment benefit recipients, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) announced on May 24. This announcement will affect all unemployment programs, including Unemployment Compensation (UC), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).

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What is the child tax credit schedule, how to opt out of the monthly checks in 2021 and more.
Katie Conner, C|Net

You could get $250 or up to $300 per kid starting next month if you opt for monthly payments with the advance child tax credit. Depending on the age of your children, that would work out to as much as $3,000 or $3,600 over 2021 and 2022 per eligible dependent between July 15 (when the first check is set to arrive from the IRS) and tax time next year. July is also when the IRS will open two web portals that will let you select whether to receive your checks each month through the end of the year or get one payment in 2022.

Click here for Everything to know about the schedule, When will the child tax credit payments start? and also important details if you normally don't file a tax return or if you share child custody.

Pennsylvania to resume work-search rule for jobless benefits

Marc Levy, AP News

Pennsylvania will resume work search requirements in July for hundreds of thousands of people receiving unemployment compensation, a top Wolf administration official said Monday. The requirement will affect all unemployment programs, including unemployment compensation and its extension, the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, the department said. The work-search requirement means people receiving unemployment benefits must apply for two jobs and complete one work-search activity from an approved list of seven options each week, such as attending a job fair, take a pre-employment test or post a resume or search for jobs in the state’s PA CareerLink system.

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