FunTimes Magazine speaks to small business owners in Philadelphia to learn how COVID-19 has impacted their industry – tips for bouncing back and ways to sustain a business in light of a pandemic. | From: Fun Times (Read more.)
In March, as shutdowns were beginning, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission passed protections so that companies cannot shut off customers’ water, gas, heat, electricity, and telecommunications services even if they cannot pay their monthly bills due to the pandemic. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
90,000 people in Pennsylvania have filed for benefits between March 15 and June 20 and still haven’t gotten paid — or even denied. Complaints about the stubborn backlog, which amounts to 8% percent of claims filed during that period, prompted a Philadelphia congressman to suggest this month that the state call in the National Guard to help process claim. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
As a source of relief for those who lost jobs and income during the pandemic, Congress passed the CARES Act in March and activated an additional $600 per week in benefits for people who qualified for unemployment. That $600 bonus ended late last week and means significant changes to come for the more than 25 million people who received it. | From: Technical.ly Philly (Read more.)
More than 50 stagehands and live event workers pushed the tools of their trade – wheeled roadie boxes – around Philadelphia City Hall Friday as part of their demand for more government support while their industry is shut down due to the pandemic. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Mientras que los trabajadores esenciales continúan valientemente yendo a trabajar en medio de la creciente pandemia de coronavirus, Pensilvania está ofreciendo una forma de compensar a sus empleadores por el esfuerzo. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
The $600-a-week federal unemployment benefits boost is set to end on July 25 for workers in Pennsylvania, and so far no tangible replacements have been approved. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Rebuild the Block originally began as a Go Fund Me page, which has raised more than $194,000 since May 31. It has quickly grown and was officially deemed a nonprofit on June 12. The organization has since helped businesses in the Philadelphia area, as well as Georgia, Illinois and Maryland, among others. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
Launched on July 16, the COVID-19 PA Hazard Pay Grant Program is another part of the state’s $2.6 billion allocation from the federal CARES Act. While small business aid got $225 million of the pie, hazard pay is getting its own $50 million chunk, and is run out of Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
An emergency relief fund launched during the coronavirus pandemic is paying out $4 million to hundreds of cultural organizations and more than 1,000 individual artists in the Philadelphia region. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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