Jobless Aid At End For Many PA Residents

December 25, 2020 7:01 am

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Without an extension, the deadline to apply for a $300 per-week federal unemployment benefit will pass Friday night, as will an extension of pandemic benefits for hundreds of thousands of jobless, including self-employed people who don’t normally qualify for the payments. Applications for the $300 per-week Lost Wages Assistance program must be submitted by 10 p.m. Friday to receive the benefit for six weeks in August and September, the state Department of Labor and Industry said. The department has paid claims under the program to more than 1 million people, and 6.1 million weeks of benefits. Meanwhile, extended unemployment benefits for people who lost their jobs during the pandemic, as well as for self-employed people who don’t normally qualify for the payments, is running out this week for hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians. Those programs had been set to expire after Christmas.