The study by AlixPartners estimates that the cost of outsourcing manufacturing labor to China will catch up to the labor costs in the U.S. by 2015.
Pennsylvania state law sets the absolute maximum length of time you can receive state unemployment benefits at 26 weeks. However, some claimants won't qualify for 26 weeks of unemployment payments because of the wages earned in their base years.
Namely, only state claimants who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, and who have earned a sufficient amount of wages within the 18 months leading to their unemployment, can apply for unemployment insurance coverage in Pennsylvania.