With work search requirements for unemployment compensation resuming in July, Uline is hoping more people will begin looking for work and is looking to hire more than 150 people for warehouse positions for its facility in Lower Macungie Township

Pennsylvania’s new unemployment compensation system is now up and running.

With vaccines now readily available and COVID-19 numbers dropping, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry is saying it will soon be time for those on unemployment to start looking for work.

Racial inequities in the unemployment count persist, according to the United States Department of Labor’s April Jobs Report.  

Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry said it is transitioning to a new, faster and easier to use unemployment benefits system. But, getting rid of its outdated 40-year-old system may cause some headaches in the meantime as the department undertakes the massive project.

The state Department of Labor & Industry reported that in February the unemployment rate remained unchanged from the month before at 7.3%

The state Department of Labor & Industry reported that Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points from December to 7.3 percent in January.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dipped to 6.7% in December, down 0.1 percentage points from November, and matching the national rate.

Pennsylvania has regained more than half of the jobs lost in March and April because of the COVID-19 pandemic.