Www.uc.pa.gov - How to Get PA Unemployment Compensation

Go to Www.uc.pa.gov  the Pennsylvania unemployment website for finding out about Pennsylvania unemployment compensation.

Are you eligible?

Unemployment Compensation " is for people who lost a job because of something that wasn't their fault. If you're out of work because your employer had to make cutbacks, close an office, went out of business or something you couldn't control, it's possible that you will be eligible to collect UC"

What do You need to File a Claim?

Are you opening your unemployment claim account? Is it the first time you will be filing for unemployment compensation? It is called filing an initial claim. Here is a checklist for you  from the PA UC website
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**PA Unemployment Compensation Checklist to File Initial Claim

YOUR INFORMATION:

• Social Security Number *
• Home address, mailing address (if different than your home address) and telephone number
• Alien registration number, if you aren't a U.S. citizen or national
• DD Form 214, if you were on active duty in the U.S. military during the last two years
• Information from Standard Form 8, Standard Form 50, W-2s and or pay stubs, if you worked for the federal government in the last 18 months.

EMPLOYER INFORMATION:

• Name of your last employer, or the employer where you're currently working less hours
• Complete mailing address of your last employer (name, street address, city, state, Zip Code)
• Date you started working for that employer
• Date of the last day you worked for the employer
• Reason you left, or the reason you are working less hours

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• Names of all employers where you worked in the last 18 months (name, street address, city, state, Zip Code)
• Start and end dates for all employers where you worked in the last 18 months
• Wages you earned for all employers where you worked in the last 18 months, and how you were paid (hourly, weekly, monthly)

DIRECT DEPOSIT INFORMATION (Direct deposit isn't required to be eligible for or to receive UC benefits, but it is - by far - the easiest and most convenient way to get your money.)

• Bank name, street address, city, state and Zip Code.
• Bank telephone number
• Bank account number
• Bank account routing number

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** - As found at the PA Unemployment Compensation official website

For more details about the PA Unemployment compensation visit the FAQ page.

Pennsylvania Unemployment compensation is paid bi-weekly.

Go to http://www.uc.pa.gov/ to file a Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation claim, know your eligibility for claims, check a claim status, reopen a claim, check your payments, etc