The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has denied unemployment benefits to about 20% of the 1.6 million new applicants since the coronavirus lockdown began in mid-March. If this includes you, advocates say the first thing is to make sure you filled out the application forms completely and accurately. Any errors can derail your application. Here’s what else you need to know. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Philadelphia’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, a law aimed at protecting the city’s 16,000 nannies, house cleaners, and home care workers, takes effect Friday, in the middle of a pandemic that’s left a huge portion of these workers — mostly women of color, many undocumented immigrants — jobless and unable to qualify for federal assistance. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
A New Jersey landlord waived the rent for his tenants over the next three months—something most property owners probably can’t afford. How can both sides get relief? | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
In Pennsylvania, the website to apply for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance didn’t launch until April 18. More than two weeks later, not a single PUA applicant has yet been paid. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
After the pandemic decimates the estimated 75 percent of the American restaurant scene, we are responsible for rebuilding the industry anew. Dining out culture needs to evolve just as much as the restaurants themselves. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
May 1 marked the second rent day since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the region and the livelihoods of millions. Many of those who lost their jobs now risk losing their homes. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
Activists interrupted a “service day” planned by the city’s homeless outreach office that aimed to clean a Center City sidestreet where several people experiencing had been living. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
About 100 people have taken shelter at the desolate Philadelphia International Airport amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some people told NBC10 they had nowhere else to go due to shelters operating at limited capacity in the Philadelphia area. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
The City of Philadelphia is giving away free food to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic, but standard food pantry fare isn’t comfort food for all. So, local immigrant-led organizations and businesses are branching out with efforts to give away the food their communities crave. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
El nuevo sitio web de la ciudad presenta un mapa de todas las ubicaciones y otros criterios para ciertos sitios. | Por: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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