Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Pink_Slyvie t1_jcyiqxw wrote

They are horribly understaffed and underfunded. It's a real problem we need to address.

The go-to answer I've seen is to contact your representatives office.

32

STLLC2019 t1_jd0p5xc wrote

Deliberately understaffed and underfunded.

Pennsylvania's "job creators" (/S) firmly believe that if YOU are not slaving away earning them profit, then YOU should do the right thing and disappear.

PA's "job creators" (/S) tend to vote Republican....and support anyone who promises to strip away worker protections.

7

hippata2023 t1_jd0n0jl wrote

> They are horribly understaffed and underfunded. It's a real problem we need to address. > >

The department, sadly, never recovered from the massive 2016 layoffs at L&I. Not only that, but they're using antiquated systems because the last time they tried to update them, it blew up in their face and all over pennlive.

I don't know what people expect when the legislature doesn't want to fund people to answer phone calls.

3

ironozzy18 t1_jcznfgz wrote

Last I knew, which has been nearly a year now, the reps offices were pushing people away on this saying there was nothing they could do

2

PickledEggs420 t1_jczrwdc wrote

Depends on your rep most likely. And probably their politics. Some reps are happy to make unemployment as difficult as possible. Some of the reps actively did make unemployment as difficult as possible.

5

ronreadingpa t1_jd0fxnt wrote

On purpose. They used to have a callback option, which actually worked. Presuming they discontinued that. See mention of chat. If that's actually useful, the OP should give it a try. EDIT: I see they did. Glad something works.

2