PRINTER'S NO. 597
No. 568 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, DELP, HART, HECKLER, HOLL, HELFRICK AND
TOMLINSON, FEBRUARY 28, 1997
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 28, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
2 P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
3 unemployment compensation to be administered by the
4 Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
5 created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
6 selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
7 keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
8 contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
9 payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
10 providing procedure and administrative details for the
11 determination, payment and collection of such contributions
12 and the payment of such compensation; providing for
13 cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
14 creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
15 Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," further defining
16 "willful misconduct."
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 402(e) of the act of December 5, 1936
20 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment
21 Compensation Law, amended August 24, 1953 (P.L.1397, No.396), is
22 amended to read:
23 Section 402. Ineligibility for Compensation.--An employe
24 shall be ineligible for compensation for any week--
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2 (e) In which his unemployment is due to his discharge or
3 temporary suspension from work for willful misconduct connected
4 with his work, irrespective of whether or not such work is
5 "employment" as defined in this act[; and]. The term "willful
6 misconduct" shall be deemed to include the following:
7 (1) Inebriation due to the consumption of alcohol.
8 (2) Impairment due to the use of controlled substances.
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10 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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