Traditionally, Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation (UC) system was simple and effective. An unemployed worker went to an “unemployment office,” filed a…
Updated 03/04/2022 Federal COVID leave and other programs like PUA have expired, just as the Omicron variant began to…
HB 129, a bill which is scheduled for a vote by the Pennsylvania Senate Labor and Industry Committee on February…
Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law authorizes the Department of Human Services to maintain a statewide database known as the Childline…
Under the Pennsylvania Personnel Files Act, 43 P.S. §§ 1321 – 1324, Pennsylvania workers have the right to view files…
Legal services providers are frequently presented with the challenge of communicating complicated and evolving legal advice to large numbers of…
During the pandemic, ID.me, a company providing digital identity credentials that promised to screen out fraudulent claims but “leave no…
More than 500,000 people are getting determinations disqualifying them from their PUA benefits because “you did not verify your identity…
To get either UC or PUA benefits, you are required to prove your identity. Usually, you will be given a…
This report was written by Youth Justice Project inaugural Youth Action Board members, Deja Morgan, Alexi Chacon, and Madison Nardy. …
Pennsylvania’s wage laws have not been updated in decades. Meanwhile workplace practices have changed, with more subcontracting of work and…
This post was written May 04, 2021, by Sharon M. Dietrich, Litigation Director at Community Legal Services. The PA…
Have you gotten a notice from PUA about uploading proof that you lost work during the pandemic? If you…
Clearing criminal records can be life-changing, leading to employment, higher wages, housing, educational opportunities, and more. For the one in…
CLS Litigation Director Sharon Dietrich submitted the following testimony before the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee on March 10,…
Many people in Pennsylvania have trained for a career, or have thought about pursuing a new profession, only to be…
