Hi ho, hi ho, it's back to work we go 🏃💼. The latest figures on unemployment in Pennsylvania show another drop, meaning more folks are finding jobs post-pandemic. The PA unemployment rate fell two tenths of a point in March to 4.9%. This drop is in line with national unemployment trends. The current U.S. unemployment rate sits at 3.6%.
While that's good news, people have massive complaints about the efficiency of the PA unemployment office. 🙈
Here’s Five Fast Facts on these findings:
🔥Bottom line: It's great that people in PA are getting back to work after such uncertain times. It's not so great that some are still waiting for benefits they needed like..way before yesterday. Fingers crossed the unemployment office is able to fill its empty seats to clear the backlog of claims.
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