General Questions:
PUA was a pandemic unemployment benefit program that provided coverage for a large group of workers who were not normally covered by regular Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation.
The program ended on September 4, 2021.
Yes. To login to your portal, go to the PUA website and click on the “Sign In/Register” button.
Yes. If you received PUA benefits in 2022, even if they were for weeks filed in 2020 or 2021, they are taxable income for your federal taxes.
There are multiple ways you can appeal the determination. Learn how to appeal by going to our PUA appeals page.
When you appeal a Notice of Determination, or if your employer appeals a Notice of Determination, you will be scheduled for a Referee Hearing.
Learn more about PUA Referee Hearings by going to our PUA appeals page.
“Other program eligibility” means that the government believes you were eligible for regular UC or PEUC during the weeks you filed for PUA. If you were eligible for regular unemployment compensation, the government will have to build a UC claim for you for that time period.
If that does not happen, contact legal aid or your local state legislator.
If this happens, the Department of Labor and Industry is supposed to build a PUA claim for. you. They should backdate the claim to the same week you applied for the regular UC claim.
If that does not happen, contact legal aid or your local state legislator.