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New PA Unemployment Compensation System Launches

WDIY | By Laura Benshoff

Published June 15, 2021 at 6:07 PM EDT

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Two dozen people in Philadelphia called on the state to process their unemployment applications during a protest on May 6, 2021.

Pennsylvania’s new unemployment compensation portal launched last week. WHYY Keystone Crossroads’ Laura Benshoff reports on why the timing is controversial, and what users need to know about the change.

(Original air-date: 6/8/21)