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Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

Taufoli Lisi
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Taufoli Lisi is taking her fight against the Department of Human Resources to the High Court, after her reconsideration application was denied for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA assists and supports individuals who are unable to sustain...
Application for unemployment benefits
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Office, which is under the ASG Human Resources Department has begun accepting new applications for unemployment benefits and assistance, from individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement last week...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Dec. 11th Executive Order, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga established procedure for administrative appeals before the Office of the Administrative Law Judge for decisions issued by the ASG Human Resources Department relating to two federal unemployment programs for...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Human Resources released last week an advisory to assist government departments and agencies responding to any concerns and inquiries related to the COVID-19 declarations. The advisory, issued through the governor’s June 1st memo addressed to cabinet members,...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first criteria required for filing unemployment claims relating to the coronavirus pandemic under two federal programs is that the employee “must be a U.S citizen, US National or US permanent resident.” This is according to a June 1st memorandum by Gov. Lolo Matalasi...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a May 27th executive order, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga said American Samoa would adopt a Hawaii unemployment law allowing local residents whose jobs were impacted by the coronavirus to receive unemployment financial assistance under provisions of the Coronavirus...