Comments on: Pennsylvania (Pa) Unemployment Compensation UC Benefits Extension

By: martygovlim

martygovlim — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:20:46 +0000

MY TIER 4 BENEFITS TERMINATE 3/30/10. I do not have a clue how I will pay my rent,car payment,AUTO Iinsurance plus Utilities plus food.
Does anyone have any positive advice!

By: 25tom60

25tom60 — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:23:16 +0000

I am currently going to exhaust my tier 3 benefits I believe at the end of march 2010. I recieved 13 weeks under tier 3 and though I cannot complain I have still not been able to find a full time job in my area. Some of the sites I read about talk about tier 4. I believe it may be the remainder of a tier 3 approval of 7 weeks since I received benefits for 13 weeks. Can any body out there provide some information about this? If the tier 4 does not exist I just need to know so I can panic more than I already hav. Thanks.

By: axpaj345

axpaj345 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:06:51 +0000

i just called UC and am set to run out of my initial 26 weeks in april. they told me that by then nothing will be available. tier 1 through 4 and EUC will be out and so would i. im with you guys before this. i get 26 weeks to find a new job and these other people have got years to figgure something out. i looked up unemployment numbers for pittsburgh pa for the last year and the highest unemployment rate was dec 09. why in the world would they discontinue EUC during the highest unemployment rate? the system is broken. now i have to take some bull job that im way over qualified for and probably make less working 40 hours a week than i was making on unemployment. this is a joke. if anyone hears about another extention please post. i dont want to find out in april that im shit out of luck and have to work at mcdonalds with people who didnt even graduate highschool.

By: twhipped

twhipped — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:02:42 +0000

So how do you find out which tier you are eligible for. I would thinkd that most people are definitely covered for at least two of the four tiers?

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:53:00 +0000

It appears im in the same boat. Jobs are harder to find now and my tier 2 ends in march and they say that i may not qualify for tier 3, while my sister has been receiving since june of 2008 and continues to do so. I called the office and they say you cant compare because everybody is different. Doesn't sound right to me.

By: james

james — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:21:33 +0000

exactly. i know people who have been collecting since '07, and will continue to collect after my tier 1 runs out in Feb 2010. what makes anybody think that in PA, there will be jobs available this time of year? i know for a fact, other than temp holiday jobs, Nov thru March is the absolute WORST time in this area to find a job. most companies do their seasonal layoffs this time of year. come'on congress!

By: gary

gary — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:16:14 +0000

bull u mean my tier runs out in jan i dnt qualify thats not fair so people that collected for 2 years can requalify and i cant what a bunch of bull

By: chrisniz

chrisniz — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:06:41 +0000

Jay, I feel for you. The only difference between you and I is that my 26 weeks of REGULAR UC is exhausted on January 2, 2010, whereas there will not be any new claim accounts for EUC issued after December 19, 2009. In other words, everyone who got laid-off three weeks before me are entitled to up to 33 weeks of extended benefits ON TOP OF their original 26 weeks of regular UC. I, on the other hand, get NOTHING after my regular UC is exhausted. Trust me, Jay, you aren't alone.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:07:19 +0000

My Tier 1 extended benefits will exhaust on January 24th 2010. Somehow, I may not be eligable for Tier 2 extended benefits because of the December 31 deadline. Some people have been recieving benefits way before me and will still continue collecting benefits way after me. This is a joke. I'll be out on the streets with no job after collecting 46 weeks of unemployment while many others get up to 99 weeks of unemployment. I can not make any sense out of this.