Report: Legal Remedies and Limitations on the Employment of People with Criminal Records in Pennsylvania
Download the full report Like most Americans, people with criminal records need to be employed to support themselves and their…
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Report: Breaking Down Barriers to Record Clearing – A Survey of the Field
Clearing criminal records can be life-changing, leading to employment, higher wages, housing, educational opportunities, and more. For the one in…
Pennsylvania UC System Must Be Rebuilt Strategically After the Pandemic and Benefits Modernization
Traditionally, Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation (UC) system was simple and effective. An unemployed worker went to an “unemployment office,” filed a…
Report: The Application for Pennsylvania Pandemic Unemployment Assistance has Problems. Here’s How to Fix Them.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) was passed by Congress as part of the CARES Act to provide unemployment compensation (UC) benefits…
Do You Need to Prove that You Lost Work for PUA?
Have you gotten a notice from PUA about uploading proof that you lost work during the pandemic? If you…
Protect Your PUA Benefits from Disqualification Because of Identity Verification!
More than 500,000 people are getting determinations disqualifying them from their PUA benefits because “you did not verify your identity…
Proposed Regulations Threaten to Undermine Occupational Licensing Reform Law
During the height of the pandemic in 2020, the Pennsylvania General Assembly made a priority of approving Act 53, known…
Unemployment Compensation Benefits Modernization Must Be Postponed Until Fall
This post was written May 04, 2021, by Sharon M. Dietrich, Litigation Director at Community Legal Services. The PA…
Philadelphia’s New Marijuana Possession Law – Get the Facts!
Under the new law: The penalty for possessing 30 grams or less of marijuana for personal use is a $25…
PA Workers Have the Right to See Their Personnel Files
Under the Pennsylvania Personnel Files Act, 43 P.S. §§ 1321 – 1324, Pennsylvania workers have the right to view files…
Transition Paper: PA’s UC System Remains in Disarray and Is Not Prepared for a Recession.
Pennsylvania’s UC System No Longer Can Be Relied Upon to Serve Unemployed Workers. Traditionally, Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation (UC) system was…
Pennsylvania Needs Clean Slate Expansion
On April 26, 2023, CLS and a bipartisan coalition of criminal justice advocates and state lawmakers went to Harrisburg to…
Good News: Extended Unemployment and More in Stimulus Bill
A piece of good news for people who are unemployed! Congress passed a COVID relief bill which extends emergency unemployment…
Report: How the Pandemic Response Has Failed Young People & What We Need to Thrive
This report was written by Youth Justice Project inaugural Youth Action Board members, Deja Morgan, Alexi Chacon, and Madison Nardy. …
Most Philadelphia Workers Are Entitled to Sick Leave!
Información en español sobre Licencia por EnfermedadUPDATE: You may be covered by sick leave for the Covid-19 coronavirus now. If…
PA House Passes Clean Slate Expansion!
PA House Votes 189-14 to Expand Clean Slate to Felony Records! On June 5, 2023, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives…
