Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) FAQs

This page explains Pennsylvania’s CARES Act  Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Plan (PUA).  The PUA expands who is eligible for unemployment during the COVID epidemic. 

It includes gig workers, independent contractors, people who have exhausted regular benefits, and people who have not worked long enough to get regular unemployment. This is a separate state unemployment program and you may be eligible.       

Visit the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) FAQs here