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Arkansas officials say pandemic unemployment assistance system to go live 'very soon'; back pay promised
Summary
The Department of Workforce Services told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee the new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance online system is in final testing and 'should be up and running, very soon,' and eligible claimants will receive retroactive payments including a minimum $133 and the additional $600 weekly federal benefit.
CHARLESTON, Ark. — The Department of Workforce Services told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that the state’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) system is in the final stages of testing and should open within days, with retroactive pay for those who qualify.
"It is being developed. It is being tested. ... It should be up and running, very soon, possibly in the next couple of days," Charice Childers of the Department of Workforce Services told the committee during a virtual meeting. In the meantime, she…
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