![]() ![]() Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP).Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs (OCIA).Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ).Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).Employment and Training Administration (ETA).Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB).Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB).And the Band-Aid can hold for a little while, but if things don’t shift, it feels like we might bleed out,” she said. Like many, she has resorted to holding class online to try to make up a fraction of her lost revenue. But she’s still struggling with fixed expenses. She applied for small business relief from both the federal and city government, but has not received money from either.ĭeClue did receive $7,000 through the federal Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program, because she had some staff who were not independent contractors. Now, she said she’s just waiting for money. Sole proprietor Justicia DeClue, who runs Maha Yoga in Philadelphia, said she did qualify. In the end, she said she is not sure if she qualified. “The site kept crashing on me,” she said. “That entire system is very confusing,” she said. ![]() She applied for traditional unemployment compensation, but has not received money through that process, so this weekend she applied for PUA. She used the federal stimulus check she received last week to pay her mortgage, but has been waiting for more regular relief for her lost wages. Shonda Wood, of Yeadon, is a realtor and contract worker in the home health industry who lost work in late February. While it’s accepting initial claims, the second step, in which eligible residents apply for money on a weekly or biweekly basis has not been launched. Other issues that may have contributed to confusion are the fact that the state is not yet paying out PUA. Unlike traditional unemployment benefits, which begin when a claim is filed, PUA recipients will receive money backdated to when they first lost work. Others include issues uploading documents, and confusion about the language in the form. “Do not go back and file for regular unemployment.” Her office has been compiling issues its clients encounter with the PUA process here. I know it’s painful, but wait until the department announces that they’ve been able to fix the W-2 problem,” said Julia Simon-Mishel, supervising attorney of the unemployment compensation unit at Philadelphia Legal Assistance. In the coming days, a new question will be added to the forms to ask applicants if they have previously applied for traditional benefits. “Anyone who tried this weekend and felt like they should file a PUA claim but they weren’t allowed to… there won’t be any impact to their benefits if they file later,” said Dickinson. It has also posted a message online, telling people to try again in a few days. The state is aware that eligible recipients are being denied for this reason and is fixing the online portal, said Susan Dickinson, director of unemployment for the Department of Labor and Industry. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor “It’s a really big blow,” said Atkin, who said she did not know why her claim was rejected, but believed it could have been because she received a W-2 for about a quarter of her income.Ītkin’s boyfriend, a musician who had recently been deemed ineligible for traditional unemployment insurance, received the same message after applying for this benefit. ![]() Katrina Atkin is a freelance yoga instructor in Philadelphia. Atkin applied for PUA over the weekend and received this message: “You are not eligible to file an unemployment insurance claim on this system.” It directed her to apply for typical unemployment, for which she doesn’t believe she qualifies. That money is the bridge many feel like they need to make it through the pandemic. Depending on pre-job loss wages, recipients will receive between $195-$572 a week for up to 39 weeks, plus an additional $600 a week from April to July. Unlike traditional unemployment compensation, this new assistance is designed to buoy independent contractors, self-employed business owners, gig workers and people without a long enough work history to qualify for other benefits. ![]()
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