I'm so confused about my PA UC situation right now. I work for a school bus company where we normally get unemployment during summer breaks. Well, my company just got bought out by another school bus company, so technically I have a "new job" but I'm still doing the same thing. I had some benefit balance left from claims with my previous employer, so I reopened my claim and made sure to list my new employer. But now my claim is just sitting in "progress" status for almost 2 weeks! I'm worried because I don't know if I'm supposed to be claiming from the old company since that's where my benefit year started, or if I'm going to get in trouble for trying to claim against my previous employer while working for the new one? The system is giving me some kind of issue message but doesn't explain what's wrong. Has anyone dealt with an employer buyout situation before? What am I supposed to do here?

I messed up my PA unemployment claim by accidentally marking something wrong about my availability for work, and now I'm in the appeals process. My appeal was accepted on April 14, 2025 (got the confirmation letter), but I have no clue how long it'll take to actually get a hearing scheduled. Anyone been through this recently? I talked to an unemployment attorney who said my issue is pretty straightforward and I could probably handle it myself without hiring representation. It's literally just an "able and available" issue where I clicked the wrong thing. The lawyer gave me some tips on how to answer questions during the hearing. Mainly wondering: 1. How long is the typical wait between appeal acceptance and hearing date? 2. Is self-representation a bad idea even for a simple mistake like this? 3. Has anyone dealt with availability issues in their appeal and how did it go? Really stressed about this since my payments are on hold until it's resolved. Any experiences or advice would help a ton!

Has anybody received their PA Money Network card recently? I've been waiting over 2 weeks since my claim was approved and still nothing in the mail. This is my first time on unemployment and all my payments are showing as 'paid' in the system, but I can't access the money without the card. Should I be worried? Is this normal processing time or should I be calling someone? The website just says to wait but doesn't give a timeframe. Getting pretty anxious as bills are due next week!

So my husband had to refile for UC because his construction job cut his hours way back for winter season. His previous claim is completely finished - we got all payments and that claim is closed. Now here's the weird part: he filed for benefits for the first two weeks in January 2025, but when we look at his UC benefits summary online, those two weeks aren't showing up AT ALL. Only the weeks he filed after that are visible. The money from those first two weeks never came through either. Has anyone dealt with this? Is there some kind of waiting period when you refile that makes early weeks disappear? I'm worried those weeks are just gone forever and we really need that money with his reduced hours.

I'm dealing with something that's got me completely baffled and upset. My daughter passed away in July 2022 (still heartbroken about it), but I just received a 1099-G tax form from PA Unemployment for benefits supposedly paid to her during 2023. This is impossible since she wasn't even alive during 2023, and she was fully employed at the time of her passing - never filed for unemployment benefits. Someone has clearly stolen her identity and fraudulently claimed benefits in her name. Has anyone dealt with reporting unemployment fraud for a deceased person? Do I need to contact PA UC fraud department or the IRS first? I'm worried about potential tax implications for her estate and honestly don't even know where to begin with this mess.